Life’s BODMAS: When equation moves home

Success in business means little if the hidden equation at home—family, relationships, purpose—is ignored.

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Over the past two weeks, we have explored the idea that life and business often behave like a mathematical equation governed by BODMAS. The rule that determines the order in which complex problems are solved: Brackets. Orders. Division and Multiplication. Addition and Subtraction. Ignore the order and the answer becomes nonsense. Follow it and even complicated expressions eventually make sense.

In Part 1 we looked at how founders often try to solve life left-to-right, skipping structure and wondering why the equation collapses. In Part 2 we asked a deeper question. Who writes the equation in the first place?

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.