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Simple Advice for Complex People
January 21st, 2024
by Bill Boyajian
  • Want to get stuff done each day without procrastinating or forgetting? Make a list of things to do every morning. Tackle something easy first to get your mojo going. Then prioritize based on urgent and important things. Remember the Nike tag line: Just Do It!
  • Sharing important goals with others like daily exercise, losing weight, or reading a book a month helps hold you accountable to forming good habits and meeting your objectives. But if you are a determined individual, you can hold yourself accountable to doing what you know you want to do without using an accountability crutch. It’s more a matter of personal integrity. Just how bad do you want it?
  •  If you want to lead anything, you must have solid judgment. That means making good decisions in the midst of crisis, complexity, and ambiguity. Your ability to deal confidently and assertively in these conditions is what will set you apart from others.
  •  Would you rather be respected or liked in business? Respect is earned by building trust and confidence in followers. If you earn that respect with sincerity and empathy, you will be liked as well. People who put likeability ahead of earning respect dilute their leadership effectiveness so as not to lose the affection of people.
  •  Our mothers insisted we say please and thank you. They are still two of the most powerful words in language. Mother was right.


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–Charles Denaburg,
Managing Partner,
Levy’s Fine Jewelry
Birmingham, AL

"Our family needed some guidance on business transition and succession planning. We asked Bill Boyajian to help us because we knew we could trust him to tell us what we needed to hear. Bill became a valuable resource for our company and our entire family. He has the ability to meet each of us where we’re at and it has served us very well."

–Ceylon Leitzel
Leitzel Fine Jewelry
Hershey & Myerstown, PA

“We needed a plan to transition our business to a non-family member and we asked Bill Boyajian to help us. His experience in the area has really paid off, but we didn’t expect the added value of putting us together with a financial planner who helped organize our retirement needs. We now have the fundamentals to transition our business successfully, and we have Bill to thank for it.”

–Ernie & Debbie Cummings
Kizer-Cummings Jewelers
Lawrence, KS