Best of Monday Morning Radio: ‘Priceless’ Axioms That Will Cost You a Fortune

Which of the following sentences do you think conveys costly, erroneous “business think”?

1. This is the way we’ve always done it; no reason to change now.
2. You get what you pay for.
3. We can probably do that ourselves.
4. The customer is always right.

The correct answer is “E” – all of the above.

As business consultant Jack Quarles first explained to host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart in March 2017, American companies pay a massive penalty for buying into outdated thinking. Jack’s book, “Expensive Sentences,” is an international bestseller and will make you think twice about bogus business aphorisms.

Photo: Jack Quarles, “Expensive Sentences”
Originally Posted: March 13, 2017
Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: February 15, 2021
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