1.) Know all the rules in advance before you start.

2.) Know the all the costs in complying with all the rules in advance.

3.) Know, which rules are never enforced unless your competitor turns you in.

4.) Know how vindictive and dirty your competitors are and how often they file false complaints with government agencies.

5.) Know, which politicians are on the take and which of your competitors give them money.

6.) Know the laws yourself and do not solely rely on professional parasites or lawyiars who may have hijacked the law and secretly make these laws unavailable to business owners to hold them out for ransom fees.

7.) Know how to stroke government bureaucrats and tell them they are great and above all respect their fiefdoms as that is all they have in the whole wide world.

via ezinearticles

1. Know what you want to get done. 

2. Know your priorities. 

3. Eliminate paperwork whenever possible.

4. Cut out processes. 

5. Empower people. 

6. Don’t put off decisions. 

7. Have the information you need ready.

8. Keep “Action” at your forefront.