So What MBA Type Business Lessons Can You Possibly Learn Simply By Eating Cheap Pizza?
So entrepreneur are you a pizza eater? Do you by chance have a favorite type of pizza? It’s really okay to admit it.Do you have anything against people (including) close friends, relatives and or respected colleagues, that just so happen to enjoy some tasty (although) relatively cheap pizza every now and again?
Why the third degree about whether or not you eat and or enjoy pizza, cheap or otherwise? No particular reason. But let me ask you this.
Have you ever stopped to consider some of the incredibly powerful insights and (believe it) or not, thoughtful MBA type of real world business lessons that you can and should discover, the very next time you’re munching on some rather tasty pizza? Say what?
Irregardless of how much it cost! It’s true! So stop and consider the following seven real world business insights, the very next time you and or somebody you know and respect is munching on a pizza, but especially a rather tasty cheap pizza….
So What So Called Powerful MBA Type Of Business Lessons Are You Suppose To Gain Simply From Eating Cheap Pizza?
Okay, so if you and or someone you know happens to love sports of any kind (like yours truly!) And you happen to be over a friend and or relatives house watching a Pay Per View (PPV) boxing match. And or ultimate fighting match and the pizza slices are being gobbled up even faster than the Government can figure out new ways of raising taxes!
Yea, that fast! Anyway, have you ever noticed that when all the dust settles; meaning after the final beer is finally chugged and the final bet is paid off and there’s no more cheap pizza left to be devoured.
Have you noticed an all too commonality in these type of situations? And what pray tell would that be you ask? Well, before I actually disclose this eye opening insight. Take a closer look at the image that accompanies this post.
Does that sight look all too familiar? Meaning; after your typical pizza eating binge? Of course as you’re looking (more like) staring at the image now, the all to simplicity of the message and overall theme has sadly gone right past you! (Hint:) It’s the crust!
That all too often left over crust entrepreneur! Huh?
Yea It’s Pretty Easy To Bask In The Glow O Success! (But Not So Easy When Entrepreneurial Challenges And Temporary Setbacks Show Up!)
Nobody likes and or eats the crust do they? And you know what, it’s the exact say way (analogy wise people!) in business! See, the following seven mildly to extremely unpleasant occurrences are in essence the crust (if you will!) of being in business for yourself. And or the crust of entrepreneurship!
1.) Unpleasant occurrence # one : Having to deal with the fact that a major customer and or client is leaving you and or your firm for a major competitor! And nothing you said or proposed is going to change their mind! Well that totally sucks doesn’t it?
2.) Unpleasant occurrence # two: You’ve got to issue a refund and your sincerest apologies for a blunder that was clearly your companies fault and now your cash flow is temporarily seriously affected because of it!
The Crust Is Simply A Part Of The Overall Pizza Eating Experience Is It Not?
3.) Unpleasant occurrence # three: Not only has your banker said no to your request for an additional 30 -60 day extension of your current credit line terms.But now sadly she’s informing you that your current credit line terms are being renegotiated and your loan is now due in full in the next 60 days instead of the previously agreed upon 90 day deadline! Say what?
4.) Unpleasant occurrence # four: Your top sales rep and or your main business partner suddenly wants out and they expect you to cash them out preferably within the next 90 days or less, as per your written agreement!
5.) Unpleasant occurrence # five: You’ve just received another unsubscribe email from your paid email service provider! And you’re unsubscribe rate percentage is starting to creep up to the point that you’re starting to get a little concerned!
6.) Unpleasant occurrence # six: A friend sends you a text to alert you that someone is saying some awfully nasty and distasteful things about your company online! And this same person was doing the exact same thing about six months ago!
Here we go again!
Your Entrepreneurial Journey From Start To Finish Will Always Include Some Distasteful Crust!
7.) Unpleasant occurrence # seven: Your site just got hacked again even after you took all necessary precautions the WordPress tech guru/geek told you to! Those my friend are just a few of the unpleasant, yet all too common occurrences with regards to being in business for yourself! Agreed?
And just like the leftover portions of the pizza, (aka) the crust! It’s that not so pleasant part of enjoying a rather tasty cheap pizza that nobody likes to talk about and or acknowledge.
But it’s most certainly a part of the overall pizza eating experience! Don’t you agree?
Please share your extremely valuable comments (in the comments section below) that you can apply to your business, product or service in the next 30 days or less!
Just Because There May Or May Not Be Little Crust Left Over! (This Is Certainly No reason Not To Enjoy And Prosper From Your Entrepreneurial Journey!)
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Great analogy Mark! As a small business owner we all have had challenges to deal with but its how you react and handle the challenge can make the difference between failure and success.Sometimes you need to just eat the crust and move forward! Thanks for sharing your insights!
Nice compliment Shelley!
And you’re so right with regards to the crust. Although I’d say even though you
may not necessarily want to eat the crust, but if by chance that turns out to be the case!
Then I definitely go with your sage advice; and that being, be done with,more forward and be sure that
you learn and grow from the experience.
Because in the end, it will you/us a much more rounded individual and entrepreneur.
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts! I definitely appreciate it!
Hi Mark,
Really great analogy.
Being a great and successful business owner is about dealing with all areas of business (even the bad bits/crust bits)
Good job on bringing forward an issue that many of us avoid or conveniently forget!
Naomi
Isn’t that the truth!
Yea, it’s easy to enjoy the pizza, but the crust, not so much! And in the beginning
of any entrepreneurial opportunity. There’s always a lot of crust initially!LOL!
Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing your thoughts Naomi!
Much appreciated!
Hi Mark
Great analogy. I think most small businesses have experienced most of those “hard bits” of being in business – whether online or offline.
I try to react by putting them behind me (in the bin) and just looking forward in anticipation of the next tasty “pizza” slice. There’s usually another pizza on the horizon, so don’t dwell on the crusts!
Have a great weekend. Joy
That’s a great way to handle things Joy!
But no matter how we slice it! (Pardon the pun!) crust is still crust!
Let’s just hope our’s isn’t of the cheap pizza variety!LOl!
Great to see and thanks so much as always for being both supportive
and for adding to the conversation!
Looking forward to seeing your new product when it launches!
I like your analogy although at first I wondered what relevance does pizza have with entrepreneurship,makes one to think. I believe that the key here will be the right mindset and knowing how to handle each situation as it comes.
Absolutely Siphosith!
And that’s sort of the key! life’s “crust” if you will, will
be different for everyone, but make no mistake, everybody has got to deal
with their very own version of life’s crust!LOL!
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your extremely valuable thoughts and for
your continuous support! Both are greatly appreciated!
I really love your analogies. So clever. As for the pizza crust, you are absolutely right, even I didn’t use to eat it… Interesting to note that Pizza Hut went on to add cheese to the crust, thus forever changing the way the crust was seen… what a clever marketing twist. I wonder what we could learn from that + the analogy you have made.
Best!
Thanks for the great compliment Victoria!
I truly appreciate it! And it sounds like someone
over at Pizza Hut HQ is thinking slightly outside the box.
Because I’d be willing to bet over the years they’ve gotten tons of suggestions
about how to improve the crust portion of the pizza eating experience!LOL!
Because just like you said, nobody (or very few of us!) bother to eat the crust! And so it goes with
business!
We love landing lucrative new clients and re-signing them etc!
But giving refunds and dealing with really nasty negative reviews or coordinating with a tech
to fix this or that or our sites.
Or moving email data to a new paid autoresponder service and having to then learn how to properly use their
service etc!
Not so much! But hey, it’s the left over crust that truly helps us appreciate the pizza it
surrounds, right!LOL!
Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing your extremely valuable input
and for your continuous support!
I definitely appreciate both! Let’s both keep striving to make 2015 and beyond
all it can and should be!
Big thanks Victoria!
Yea, some times, we tend to wanna sweep those issues or challenges,
which are just a little too inconvenient to deal with,
right under the rug.
Hoping, they will somehow, just go away! No such
luck, right?
Thanks for taking the time, to stop by and share
your thoughts! They’re greatly appreciated!
Great analogy Mark! You know I recall this one occasion at a hotel I worked when we were overbooked every day for a week – the owners love to hear that but of course a visitor who’s just endured a 15 hr flight plus an hour shuttle ride to get to you doesn’t want to hear there is no room at the Inn.
We’d secured alternate rooms with substantial upgrades, picked up the cost of breakfast and sent a fruit basket to each room, but were still getting complaints. So I decided to work the front desk myself one day and immediately saw the problem. The poor desk clerks were so intimidated by having to tell customers about the relocation they were avoiding eye contact and trying to move them out ASAP. So I started chatting up the arrivals and giving them sightseeing and dining tips and not only didn’t we get another complaint, several of the relocated visitors returned to our hotel to eat their meals!
After that we developed a training program for the staff to help them learn how to deal with the stuff nobody else wanted to think about – like your pizza crust.
That’s an awesome story M!
And you know, had you not shared the other end of that situation,
meaning the mindset of the travelers after, as you mentioned an extremely exhausting
15 hour flight!
You can bet the last thing they want to hear is that your sold out!LOl!
But you superior marketing and customer service skills really saved the day!
That’ was some really fast thinking on your feet! Thanks much for sharing that
excellent real world example M!
Maybe somehow I can create an example of superior customer blog post out of it!LOl! Thanks!
As always your extremely valuable input and insights as well as your continuous support is greatly appreciated!