Michael On
Michael On
changed diet easy eat few food great lose love meals throughout trying
I've changed my diet a few times. Now I'm trying to eat more protein. I eat little meals throughout the day. I love food, so I still give myself great meals. Also, when I'm busy, it's easy to lose weight.
art
From an art perspective, I don't know how you get better than 'Beetlejuice.' In terms of originality and a look, it's 100% unique.
deal
Anyone can be a celebrity now; this is not a big deal anymore.
dad survey work
I used to work on a survey crew, because my dad was an engineer, but he was also a surveyor.
built tremendous
My brothers were tremendous shack builders. My shacks were horrible. My brothers once built a two-story shack from the ground up that was awesome!
funny
Weirdly, for someone who wanted to be funny, I didn't like a lot of attention.
saw
I saw 'Wild,' and I thought, 'Wow, this is a lot of things, but one of the things is it's a therapist's dream and a climate-change denier's nightmare.'
american-educator european might power
Without the potato, the balance of European power might never have tilted north.
basic both business competition corporate department determines drawn fascinated field harvard industrial later perhaps question strategy
As a multisport athlete, I was always fascinated with competition and how to win. At HBS and later at the Harvard Department of Economics, I was drawn to the field of competition and strategy because it tackles perhaps the most basic question in both business management and industrial economics: What determines corporate performance?
tasks
Unfortunately, I'm an engineer. I'm always thinking about, what's the task and how do I get it done? And some of my tasks are pretty broad, and pretty fuzzy, and pretty funky, but that's the way I think.
across clear cut instinct lay pare period reconnect worst
In a period of economic downturn, the overwhelming instinct is to pare back, cut costs, and lay off. If you do that, do so with your strategy in mind. The worst mistake is to cut across the board. Instead, reconnect and recommit to a clear strategy that will distinguish yourself from others.
crucible early gives groups immigrant inner minorities phenomena spreading time
As minorities and other immigrant groups become more important to our economy, the inner city is a crucible that gives us an early look at phenomena that are going to be spreading more broadly in the economy over time.
american-educator
Strategy 101 is about choices: You can't be all things to all people.
american-educator companies continuity good maintain
So companies have to be very schizophrenic. On one hand, they have to maintain continuity of strategy. But they also have to be good at continuously improving.