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CEOs Can’t Fight The Fed, But You Can Do These Things To Weather The Coming Storm

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s read-my-lips, we’re-not-fooling press conference should confirm for everyone that they’ll do what it takes—including engineer a recession—to bring inflation down. John Deere is reducing its fixed costs and using outsourcing, etc. to make more costs variable). Cash is king.

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Exclusive: Jim Collins on ‘Thriving In Chaos’

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If you basically say, we’re going to set out and commit ourselves to achieving this march for 25 consecutive years, you manage yourself differently than if it’s just reacting to the environment. They didn’t do well in that environment, and the engine blocks cracked. They always assume everything will go bad and manage accordingly.