# Business Strategy

- [The 97/3 Rule (Pauhl’s Law)](/archive/field-notes/business-strategy/the-97-3-rule-pauhls-law.md): The path to scaling is elimination, not optimization
- [Scaling Through Efficiency](/archive/field-notes/business-strategy/scaling-through-efficiency.md): World-Class Insights for Exceptional Results
- [The Crossout Principle](/archive/field-notes/business-strategy/the-crossout-principle.md): Why Chasing Vanity Metrics Kills Performance
- [Painting by Profit](/archive/field-notes/business-strategy/painting-by-profit.md): Painting by Profit vs. Painting by Preference
- [Be consistent they say](/archive/field-notes/business-strategy/be-consistent-they-say.md): Why Consistency Isn't Always the Answer
- [Mass Mistaken for Muscle](/archive/field-notes/business-strategy/mass-mistaken-for-muscle.md): A Review of Kevin Nolan's Organizational Muscle Scaling Model
- [The Way of Subtraction](/archive/field-notes/business-strategy/the-way-of-subtraction.md): Less becomes more by omission
- [The Lowballer Fallacy](/archive/field-notes/business-strategy/the-lowballer-fallacy.md): The Economics of Competitive Pricing
- [The E-Myth Inversion](/archive/field-notes/business-strategy/the-e-myth-inversion.md): Why scaling incompetence is the most expensive way to grow
- [Why Square Foot Pricing Doesn't Work](/archive/field-notes/business-strategy/why-square-foot-pricing-doesnt-work.md)
- [The Square Footage Lie](/archive/field-notes/business-strategy/the-square-footage-lie.md): What Estimating Software Gets Wrong About Production Rates
- [Painting Business Growth Strategies](/archive/field-notes/business-strategy/painting-business-growth-strategies.md)
- [How I Landed $3 Million](/archive/field-notes/business-strategy/how-i-landed-usd3-million.md): You may be fishing the wrong pond
- [Revenue Per Day](/archive/field-notes/business-strategy/revenue-per-day.md): The Metric That Exposes Opportunity Cost
- [Motivating People To Do Stupid Things](/archive/field-notes/business-strategy/motivating-people-to-do-stupid-things.md)