8 Great Business Teachings - Follow These Lessons, You Should

Master Yoda, the ultimate wise and wizened elder of indeterminate origin and unmistakable syntax, is here to help.

1. Be mindful.

“A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away…to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing.” — The Empire Strikes Back

2. Stop focusing on the negative and commit.

“Always with you what cannot be done. Hear you nothing that I say?…You must unlearn what you have learned….Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.” — The Empire Strikes Back

3. Also, you’re not psychic. Quit trying to predict your fate and bend it to your will.

“Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.”  — The Empire Strikes Back

4. Who’s in charge of your future? Oh, right, it’s you.

“Your path you must decide.” — Star Wars Rebels, “Path of the Jedi”

5. Quit being so selfish and impulsive, man.

“Decide you must how to serve them best. If you leave now, help them you could, but you will destroy all for which they have fought and suffered.” — The Empire Strikes Back

6. Learn to let go.

“The fear of loss is a path to the dark side. Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealousy.

The shadow of greed that is. Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.” — Revenge of the Sith

7. Don’t make rash decisions.

“Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path forever will it dominate your destiny.” — Return of the Jedi

8. Be patient.

“Patience! For the Jedi it is time to eat as well. Mmm?”

“Patience! Soon you will be with him.”

“I cannot teach him. The boy has no patience.” — The Empire Strikes Back