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What’s the difference between your competitor and your enemy?**
You know who your competitors are. You keep tabs on them regularly, and can list them calmly, along with their strengths and weaknesses.
But your enemies are a whole other matter. They’re the haters and the doubters who said you’d never make it, the ones who stomped on your dreams. When you think about your enemies, you get emotional. You feel like you won’t let anything—or anyone—stop you.
In Choose Your Enemies Wisely, Patrick Bet-David, #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author, founder of Valuetainment, and host of The PBD Podcast, shows how to harness that emotion to turbocharge your business, dominate this year, and grow for generations after.
But first, you need to choose your enemies wisely.
Bet-David has spent years perfecting the system that led to the knockout success of his own financial services company. Now, Bet-David shares the secret behind this system: his 12 Business Building Blocks, which will teach you how to seamlessly blend emotion and logic in your business plan. Both a practical document for achieving goals and the fuel needed to fire up yourself and your team, this plan goes beyond the “how” and digs deeper into the “why”: not only how you’ll get funding, but why you need long-term vision; why you must build a culture that makes employees want to run through walls; why you have to know the enemy you’re out to prove wrong. Straightforward and simple, the steps in this book will lead you to move the levers that create exponential growth and lasting success.
Read Choose Your Enemies Wisely if you are a visionary, dreamer, and big thinker. Where you are now in your business journey doesn’t matter. By following Bet-David’s plan, you will set up your business for sustainable success and accomplish your most audacious goals.
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ISBN-10
0593712846
ISBN-13
978-0593712849
Print length
304 pages
Language
English
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Publication date
December 04, 2023
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6.2 x 1.06 x 9.3 inches
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If I talk about what to do before I talk about why to do it, I lose people.
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Emotion is not impulsive, irrational, melodramatic, temperamental, or hot-blooded. Emotion is passionate, obsessed, maniacal, relentless, powerful, and purposeful.
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What if you could turn shame, guilt, anger, disappointment, and heartbreak into the fire that propels you toward your wildest dreams?
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Review
“While Choose Your Enemies Wisely is an excellent guide to creating a business plan that will accelerate your company’s success, it is also, at its core, an ode to American capitalism—and Bet-David is living proof that anyone can achieve their wildest dreams, with the right motivation.” -Ken Langone, co-founder of The Home Depot
"One of the best lessons my dad taught me is that 'adversity is a terrible thing to waste.' You can’t control what challenges life throws at you, but you can decide how you react to them, how you let them fuel you. In this inspiring book, Patrick Bet-David unpacks this idea brilliantly, and lays out a step by step path that will help you bring your business dreams to life." -Will Guidara, national bestselling author of Unreasonable Hospitality
"Patrick understands and can see the entire big picture, which very few can do. He is able to use that insight to inspire and motivate individuals to reach their highest goals." -Tommy Mottola, former Chairman and CEO of Sony Music
"The foundation for business plan design shared by Bet-David is reminiscent of the identification of inspiration and perspiration as the formula for genius—with a twist... An accessible guide for anyone needing to come up with a business plan." -Booklist
About the Author
Patrick Bet-David immigrated to America at twelve years old, when his parents fled Iran as refugees during the Iranian Revolution. After high school, Patrick joined the U.S. military and served in the 101st Airborne before starting a business career in the financial services industry. At age thirty, he founded PHP Agency, an insurance marketing organization with sixty-six agents. He grew the firm to forty thousand agents before making a multi-nine-figure exit. A serial entrepreneur, Bet-David founded Valuetainment, which became the number-one YouTube channel on entrepreneurship with nearly a billion views and expanded into a media and production company, as well as Bet-David Consulting. He hosts the weekly PBD Podcast, the number-one business podcast on Spotify. He lives in South Florida with his wife and four children.
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Patrick Bet-David
Patrick Bet-David is an entrepreneur, founder, and CEO. He is the #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Your Next Five Moves (Simon & Schuster) and Choose Your Enemies Wisely (Penguin Portfolio). He immigrated to America at twelve years old, when his parents fled Iran as refugees during the Iranian Revolution. After high school, Patrick joined the U.S. military and served in the 101st Airborne before starting a business career in the financial services industry. At age 30, he founded PHP Agency, an insurance marketing organization with 66 agents. He grew the firm to more than 40,000 agents before making a multi-nine-figure exit.
A serial entrepreneur, Bet-David founded Valuetainment, which became the #1 YouTube channel on entrepreneurship with nearly a billion views, and expanded into a media, consulting, and production company. He hosts the PBD Podcast, the #1 business podcast on Spotify. Bet-David lives in South Florida with his wife and four children.
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If you want some real-world straight talk about success or are looking to take control of your life, this book is a great read with practical lessons and real-life examples. Pat provides actionable steps you can follow to focus on your goals and achieve them. This book will resonate more with readers seeking to take responsibility and persevere in their goals and it may not be for everyone.
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Neil Machaya
5
Great book-Awesome author
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2024
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Parents I recommend this for your high school students, good read and get them thinking in the right direction
Al Moreno
5
Great book
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2024
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PBD is the best and this is a must read.
Taylor Morgan
5
Excellent quality
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2024
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I had pre-ordered this book Excellent quality highly recommended.
Roman
5
Great book
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2024
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This is a great book about building a business plan of any kind and executing it to its success. The book has a motivational effect and many references to other good books that I want to read now. It helped me to understand some moments of my life better and gave a good tool for moving forward.
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