Future Mastermind Gifts

"My plan is to figure out child-proof caps, then move right into hacking."

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

"That's Paul, he's our head of partnerships..."

"We're playing doctor. Do you have any old magazines for our waiting room?"

Maybe clean out your wallet

MEDICAL SCHOOL, 'I didn't know you COULD specialize in insurance.'

'It's some more story ideas from Francis Bacon.'

'Oh, believe me -- you don't want to hear it in layman's terms!'

"The team needs LEADERSHIP, anyone have a view on that?"

What can I play?

"Not the most impressive strategic plan I've ever seen."

"I just learned that my golden parachute was not properly packed."

Carlo Ancelotti

"This is super. I asked for super-duper."

"It's such a nice day. Why don't you go outside and plagiarize something?"

"I think I've finally figured out who's on first."

"See - that's how he's able to write all those plays."

Jurgen Klopp Caricature

I don't like the looks of this.

'And finally, there's option three, a classic business model that would reduce our marketing, supply-chain and production expenses by 85 percent!' '

2000 words was tough, but doable. Billy would play the picture paints a 1000 words card, twice!

"Timothy, success is nothing to fear."

'I see you plan to grow by 50 a year!'

Management by committee: 'The buck stops here, here, here, here,,,'

Alex Ferguson

Businessman's schedule full of confrontations.

Manager. Managing a political campaign and a baseball team are alike in many ways. A campaign is launched with a "first pitch," when a candidate gives a speech selling himself or herself. I change pitchers based on the game situation. In politics and baseball, sometimes it's best to come from the right side and sometimes it's best to come from the left side. We study our competitors' weaknesses and exploit those. In politics we call that "opposition research." And I don't worry about the

What are they complaining about...the work is challenging,interesting, demanding...AND we let them do it for 80 hours a week.

Bike Wash

'No wonder the company is in trouble!'

"What choice do we have? I can't fire him. He knows too much."

Jose Mourinho

"I don't know how the competition are finding out our secrets!"

'Don't ask for mercy, as a refusal often offends!'

'Honestly you could drive a 'coach and horses' through this document, there's no definition of 'weight loss', no time frame, no sanctions.'