John Maxwell

Now, now what I, so what I'm doing, I'm sitting there and I'm taking notes.

And so I'm writing down to me, you know, make sure that you've trained all the people in your organization.

Okay.

He said, the second thing we do

is he said, every time we take over a bankrupt company, he said, we fire the president.

And I don't write that one down.

And I look at him and say, what do you mean?

You fire the president?

He said, John, he said, every time we take over a company that's going under, he said, we fire the president.

I said, well, that seems a little harsh, isn't it?

I mean, don't you first go see him?

You know what I mean?

Go sit in the office, light a fire in the fireplace, you know, hold hands, do a little kumbaya, you know what I'm talking about?

No, no, no, no.

He said, John, he said, we fired the president.

And I'm pressing him a little bit more.

And he could finally, I couldn't remember because he was eating the salad.

He was just looking down, eating the salad, talking to me.

And he stops, puts his fork down.

Now he's looking at me.