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Shut Up and Listen!

Hard Business Truths that Will Help You Succeed

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Shut Up and Listen!

By: Tilman Fertitta, Jim Gray
Narrated by: Tilman Fertitta
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Shut Up and Listen! is a true leadership roadmap to the summit of career success and satisfaction, featuring concise principles for entrepreneurs and business leaders at any level.

Tilman Fertitta, also known as the Billion Dollar Buyer, started his hospitality empire thirty years ago with just one restaurant. Over the years, he’s stayed true to the principles that helped him build the largest single-shareholder company in America, with over $4 billion in revenue, including hundreds of restaurants (Landry’s Seafood, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Morton’s Steakhouse, Mastro’s, Rainforest Café, and over forty more restaurant concepts) and five Golden Nugget Casinos. He’s also sole owner of the NBA’s Houston Rockets. This book shares the key insights that made it all possible.

In Shut Up and Listen!, Fertitta shares straight-talk “Tilmanisms” around six key action items that any entrepreneur can adopt today:

  • Be the Bull
  • No Spare Customers
  • Change, Change, Change
  • Know Your Numbers
  • Follow the 95/5 Rule
  • Take No Out of Your Vocabulary

For aspiring entrepreneurs or people in business, this guide will help you take your company to the next level. When you put this book down, you’ll know what you’re doing right and what you’re doing wrong to operate your business, and if you’re just getting started, it will help set you up for success.

A groundbreaking, no-holds-barred book, Shut Up and Listen! offers practical, hard-earned wisdom from one of the most successful business owners in the world.

©2019 Tilman Fertitta (P)2019 HarperCollins Leadership
Business Development Business Development & Entrepreneurship Career Success Entrepreneurship Leadership Management Management & Leadership Motivation & Self-Improvement Business Career Business Help

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Critic reviews

"Mr. Fertitta provides great insights to apply to the management of businesses, and people, that span all industries and all cultures." --YAO MING, business executive, former Houston Rocket and NBA All-Star

"Tilman doesn't just understand business—he understands what the customer wants because of his rare ability to see the world through other people's eyes." --MICHAEL MILKEN, Chairman, The Milken Institute

"Tilman offers up compelling lessons on how to build and run a business. If you want to rocket your business to new heights, this is the book for you." --SCOTT KELLY, Capt. US Navy Retired, former NASA astronaut

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Very good read. it is relevant to any business owners - new and established ones.

excellent piece of read. it is relevant to anyone

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Enjoyed listening to audio book, the key messages from Tilman are very basic yet really impactful when you relate them to business and life. Highly recommend it to those starting up a new business. Well structured and supported with many examples.

Simple but key messages from Tilman

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i love this book. I have read it 5 times and I will read it 5 more times I can guarante that

this is spot on!

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no nonsense advice.

i loved it. if people are struggling Tilman is your guy as long as you can be honest with yourself

my kind of leader

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loved it, very helpful, I probably Will listen to it again for a quick reminder ,how practicall thing gets forgotten some times when you in business for long time. many thanks

Very helpful for business owners

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loved the chapter when Tilman advised "Never Give up and keep punching " simple yet profound advice as so many have given up too early on.

great book!

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An account of the steps involved to create a business empire that can thrive and continue to grow. Showing the mindset and resilience it takes to become a successful entrepreneur. Supported by the key fundamentals and principles. As an entrepreneur I found this book very insightful and full of value.

An insight into Billionaire mindset

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Really enjoyed this book. Very entertaining. Read well by the author. Lots of practical advice for businesses.

Very enjoyable!

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Good read and mostly educational . Will recommend for sure to other readers as it's also inspirational and prepares your business mind

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I just love Tilman, he is the real deal and a really nice guy. Hope his book smashes it as it's great.

Best business book

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