Mitch Thrower

Always read all the legal documents that you receive and are in any way related to, or responsible for.

Large firms have organization charts and this too often shapes the social hierarchy of a company, and that can unfortunately impact the romantic possibilities within the workplace.

From a company’s perspective, founders are unique individuals – the creators – but so too are the managers during different stages of its growth.

It takes a special type of person to stand in the room and describe how to create things in the future.

It takes a special type of person who can figure out the daily puzzle of how to make the future unfold profitably.

Founders have to be embraced and empowered within the organization, but their strengths have to be strategically channeled.

Someone probably came up with the same idea long before the founder ever did, but he happened to be in the right place at the right time.

It is extremely difficult to pay attention to people who are stuck on repeat.

The quick and easy way to stop people from repeating themselves in any situation, especially in the workplace is to simply say You’ve told me that story before, and it’s an excellent story, and repeat the lesson or point you took from that story the first time you heard it.

Always enter conversations with a Repeat Offender with built-in emergency exits, such as saying beforehand that you need to make an important phone call.