{"id":2819,"date":"2011-07-06T00:56:09","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T00:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philipelworthcfo.com\/?p=24"},"modified":"2023-10-03T21:33:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T21:33:25","slug":"the-ten-commandments-for-business-failure-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b2bcfo.com\/phil-elworth\/ten-commandments-4\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ten Commandments for Business Failure-#4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is installment number four from the book by Donald Keough, who published the Ten Commandments for Business Failure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#4 Assume Infallibility<\/strong>.\u00a0 Never admit a problem, find a way to blame it on someone else.\u00a0 Customers are often the best culprit.\u00a0 If you do not listen to your customers or your employees on a face-to-face basis you are taking a posture of infallibility.\u00a0 If your information is all second hand, you are at least one person behind.\u00a0 One secret of success is first hand 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