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Summary of Traction 

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Do you have a hold on your business, or is it your business that has a grip on your life? The latter is true for far too many entrepreneurs. But it shouldn't be so. In his years of study on business and entrepreneurship, Gino found that all struggling businesses are suffering the same thing, just in different ways. And that the ones who succeed have found a way to overcome those challenges. His discovery led to the development of EOS, an Entrepreneurial Operating System designed to help every entrepreneur get a grip on their business. This summary is a collection of valuable tidbits from “Traction.” It's indeed a must read for every business leader who truly believes in letting their business run as an entity while they maintain a proper work-life balance.

You’ll learn

  • How to automate key tasks
  • Secrets to building a solid team
  • Ways to craft a clear business vision
  • Steps to enforce accountability

Table of content

  • Summary of Traction
  • About the author
  • What is Traction about?
  • Who should read Traction
  • Topics in Traction
first key point

The key to success in business is to understand that your business is an entity in itself

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So many entrepreneurs run from pillar to post trying to kick start their new business or revive a dying organization. And it's a tiring thing to do. It's hard enough being an entrepreneur, you shouldn't dispense too much energy on things you could set on autopilot while focusing on other parts of your business.
The most successful business leaders are the ones who execute well and know how to bring focus, accountability, and discipline to their organization.
You don't have to focus on everything to make your business grow. Matter of fact, if you keep running around trying to tie all the nuts together, you will be dispensing so much energy and will get fatigued at the end of the day, yet not make any significant progress over time. You can now see why a smart executive working 40 hours a week could very well be outperforming his counterpart in another organization who is working twice the number of hours.

On the surface, it looks like there are many nuts you have to tie to make your business grow sustainably. But when you take a deep and critical wide-angle view, there are only six areas of your business that you need to focus on. They are:
• Vision
• People
• Data
• Issues
• Process Traction

All 6 components make up the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS). And the aim of this summary is to give you actionable tidbits on how you can make all 6 components work in your favour. By the end of this summary, you will be armed with the knowledge you need to take your business to the height you've always imagined for it. Let's start right away.
second key point

Vision is the first component to give attention

Vision is a quick picture, an overview, if you like, of what your organization represents; what it's all about; where it is going and how it's going to get there. Vision is what births businesses, so every entrepreneur first had a vision before they went into business. The problem often is that only the entrepreneur has the big picture, because he or she didn't make it plain for everyone in the organization.
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third key point

Your organization would not make progress if the right people are not occupying the right seats

fourth key point

Create a scorecard to make accountability easier

fifth key point

Face problems head-on and find viable solutions to them

sixth key point

Action is the lifeblood of every plan or strategy

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