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The Art of Compassionate Business
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The Art of Compassionate Business

by Bruno R. Cignacco
February 2019
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
12h 53m
English
Productivity Press
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Chapter 2

Relentless Passion

Even the best business plan will not produce any result if it is not backed with passion.

Howard Schultz

2.1 Passion and Business

You cannot push a business you do not love. You cannot push a business in which you put no heart … Love for a business brings continually new thoughts, plans, ideas, and devices for so improving it. Love for a business brings new force ever to push that business.

Prentice Mulford

In different business meetings and entrepreneurial conferences, when business people were asked the question “What drives your authentic passion to run your business?”, the most frequent answers were:

■ I want total financial independence.

■ I want to increase the level of profits.

■ I want to deliver the best ...

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ISBN: 9780429639517