”Bottom line, run the business using your own good judgement and do not let the devils (vultures, pricks, etc.) drive the business. If they want to, or have the power to, relieve you of command, so be it. This does not mean that you stop listening to them, they are your business partners after all, and they might just make you really rich. But you should always keep in mind what any good seaman knows: there is only one captain to a ship.

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