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The Ten Commandments for Business Failure by Donald R. Keough.

  1. Quit taking risks.
  2. Be inflexible.
  3. Isolate yourself.
  4. Assuming infallibility.
  5. Play the game close to the foul line.
  6. Don't take time to think.
  7. Put all your faith in experts in outside consultants.
  8. Love your bureaucracy.
  9. Send mixed messages.
  10. Be afraid of the future.
  11. Lose your passion for work – for life.

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