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Index
Preface
1.
Strategy Is All about Survival
Fishing for Dinner
Going to Dinner
An Explosion of Choice
The Law of Division
The “Choice Industry”
Choice Can Be Cruel
And It Will Only Get Worse
2.
Strategy Is All about Perceptions
Minds Are Limited
Minds Hate Confusion
Minds Are Insecure
Minds Don’t Change
Minds Can Lose Focus
3.
Strategy Is All about Being Different
The War on Quality
The War for Customer Satisfaction
Being First Is a Differentiating Idea
Attribute Ownership Is a Way to Differentiate
Leadership Is a Way to Differentiate
Heritage Is a Differentiating Idea
How a Product Is Made Can Be a
Differentiating Idea
Hotness Is a Way to Differentiate
4.
Strategy Is All about Competition
The “Better People” Fallacy
The “Better Product” Fallacy
If You’re So Smart, How Come You’re Not Rich?
Marketing as War
A Change of Philosophy
Becoming Competitor-Oriented
Tactics and Strategy
Tactics versus Strategy
5.
Strategy Is All about Specialization
A Lesson Learned
Another Lesson Learned
The Same Goes for Retail
The Counterpoint to Growth
Becoming the Expert
A Publisher’s Dream
Becoming Generic
Other Small Specialists
Big Specialists
Now the Bad News
Beware of the CEO’s Hobby
Tell It Like It Is
6.
Strategy Is All about Simplicity
In Search of the Obvious
An Observation from the Street
Research Can Confuse You
Don’t Get Mesmerized by the Data
Don’t Get Mesmerized by Focus Groups
Don’t Get Mesmerized by Test Markets
Don’t Believe Everything They Say
Get Some Snapshots of the Mind
Owning a Word in the Mind
Complex Language Is Confusing
Business Has Its Own Language
7.
Strategy Is All about Leadership
Go Down to the Front
Needed: Honest Opinions
Needed: A Visible Leader
It’s Not about the Numbers
It’s about Perceptions
It’s about Thinking Long Term
It’s about Hanging in There
Leaders Are Good Generals
8.
Strategy Is All about Reality
The Growth Trap
The 15 Percent Delusion
The Real Numbers
Those Impossible Goals
Is Bigness Worth It?
Bigness Disguised as Convergence
Bigness Doesn’t Organize Well
Personal Agendas
CEOs Struggling to Keep Pace
Keeping in Touch
The Reality of the Marketplace
More on Jack Trout’s Work
Index
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