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Perfection is a process. You can always make it better.

Breathing art into logs that become homes

Oregon: As a young ski instructor on Mount Hood, Mike Neary built his first log home for himself.  When friends and family all bragged on it and wanted a log home too, he knew he had stumbled on to his life's work.

Today his company, Oregon Log Homes, builds the most beautiful log homes in the world.  The National Home Builders Association gave it "The Best In American Living" award and that won the attention of Disney.  Oregon Log Home was given the opportunity to build the Fort Wilderness Lodge in Orlando.

While much of the work is done by hand, Mike invented a way to automate some of the process which keeps the company competitive while still thoroughly unique.

These are some of the things that we learned from Mike:

  1. Be Bold
  2. Make It Perfect
  3. Listen To Customers
  4. Let customers see what you do - Be Visible
  5. Think Like A Customer
  6. Win An Award
  7. Say Yes
  8. Let Others Take Over
  9. Teach What Repeats - Put Job Description in Writing
  10. Automate Art
  11. Sell A Dream

"Perfection is art that comes alive within a relational event." - BEC

Along the way, your leadership in your industry will be well-established.

Your business should challenge you to be better everyday in every way. If not, you have choices.

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Start a Business

Meet Sohrab Vossoughi, Ziba Design. This firm imparts a higher level of perfection into new products and services for major corporations. That perfection only becomes a reality through the deep, creative struggles of individuals.

Key Question: How do I start a business?

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Grow a Business

Invention is most often a higher perfection. Meet Jack Miller. He sees things others do not. He goes to the edge of our understanding of reality and pushes us to a higher level.

Key Question: What is a path for growth?

Buy a Business
She bought the ugly duckling nobody wanted.
The location was losing money, but she nurtured her little Chevrolet dealership to health. Everybody gasped; her duckling had become the most beautiful swan in the country! Read Pamela Rodgers' story... how she failed twice and then came back to win.

Key Question: Can my business be my legacy?

Sell a Business
Neil Clark Warren wants people to fall in love and stay in love. He has found paths into the deep interiority of the heart, mind and soul. It is a dynamic, ever-changing perfection that creates tolerances for the difficult times.

To get this business into the fast lane, he sold equity!

Key Question: Who is the best buyer?


Learn eight possible ways to exit your business!


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