Swimming with Asian Sharks - Business Secrets from the Pacific Rim

If You Chase Two Rabbits, Both Will Escape

Mr. Brain's companies failed because of divided attention.  This was my diagnosis after meeting him and hearing his story. The funding of these companies came from CheapElectronics, in return for having Mr. Brain's brains.  Their demands on his time eliminated the chance his other two companies had, which taught me to focus on one thing at a time.  Both these companies ran into trouble before I arrived, experiencing difficulty delivering on time and with product quality.  They were the last company to contract on the LoyalPlus project before I arrived.  It was in bad shape when I took over the project.

Another lesson I learned by observing Mr. Brain was to know your worth.  I have since established myself as a million-dollar resource.  I use this figure to negotiate, and I work on myself daily by training myself by reading books and doing projects.  After, I realized that what's rare in the world isn't just talent; it's directed talent.  With directed talent, you can create unlimited wealth.  Observing Mr. Brain, I was reminded again that talent is limited by focus. 

To visit Mr. Brain, we had to go into a town created solely for the purpose of catering to CheapElectronics staff.  It impressed me that a company could create a whole town, but I have since learned that this is a regular practice, just as how Detroit came to be on the map because of Ford motors. This was a fully developed town, with its own KTVs, its own restaurant, and its own facility.  Mr. Brain's residential area was really nice and far better than my living accommodations. When I heard about the complaints on the news about the conditions, it was blown way out of proportion.  The people at CheapElectronics have it better than those working at the majority of factories in China.