That is what we know how to do better than anyone else: We know how to maximize value for our projects. If the government would like to hire my services to maximize value for their stake, they should approach me. No problem.
I focus on things that are the highest value and do them perfectly.
You get the most out of what you need the least.
They're going to come to me and they're going to say numbers for three years and I'm going to use my division and if it sounds good when I hear it, then I'll take it. But I'm not going to say I'll take less (than the max) . . . Put it this way. I won't take a BMW from somebody when I know I can get a Maybach from somewhere else.
If the goal is to build companies that maximize long-term equity value, then optimizing corporate performance in a way that Wall Street appreciates is obviously critical to that goal.
One thing at a time, is my motto - and just play that thing for all it is worth, even if it's only tto pair and a jack.
You just have to be opportunistic, and try to figure out what creates value.. where the bottom is, what creates incremental value, and in what combinations.
The pitch that works best in tough economic times is, 'I can do that for less.'
Of course it would cost something, but he was an expert in cutting corners; and when there were no more corners left he would make circles rounder.
One likes at the point of production to realize the maximum value, and diamond producers are no different.
