My top 10 highlights from The Testament of a Furniture Dealer:

1.  Only those who are asleep make no mistakes. Making mistakes is the privilege of the active.

2.  The fear of making mistakes is the root of bureaucracy and the enemy of development.

3.  If you are not enthusiastic about your job a third of your life goes to waste.

4.  Wasting resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.

5.  Expensive solutions to any kind of problem are usually the work of mediocrity.

6.  No method is more effective than a good example.

7.  Dynamism and the desire to experiment must continually lead us forward.

8.  It is always the mediocre people who are negative, who spend their time proving that they were not wrong. The strong person is always positive and looks forward. It is always the positive people who win.

9. Bear in mind that time is your most important resource. You can do so much in ten minutes. Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. You can never get them back. Divide your life into ten-minute units and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activity.

10.  Concentration is important to our success. The general who divides his resources will invariably be defeated.

Listen to #370 The Founder of IKEA: Ingvar Kamprad on Apple, Spotify, or the web.