“Every month at Jimmy’s dealerships, whoever sold the fewest cars got fired. No exceptions, no negotiations. Sounds cruel? Jimmy saw it differently: “They were never going to be successful at selling cars, so why shouldn’t they cut their losses and become mechanics or teachers?” Everyone knew the rules when they signed on.” | On Jimmy Mattison – The Farnam Street blog
This excerpt was shared with the descriptor – “Brutal clarity beats false kindness.”
Such a performance-based culture with clear consequences for low performance is both not for every situation while definitely being underused as a way of operating.
Brutal clarity does beat false kindness in the long run.
