Who This Book Is For
For the young entrepreneur figuring out how business actually works, not the version they teach in school, but the real version. This book is the conversation most people never get to have with someone who has actually been through it.
Overview
Most people walk up to a craps table the same way they walk into a business decision: excited, reactive, and following whoever looks like they know what they are doing. They bet on the excitement. They press when everyone else is pressing. And when the seven comes, as it always does, they are not prepared for it. This book is about the four forces that determine every outcome at the craps table and every significant decision in business: timing, strategy, pattern recognition, and consistency. Not as a framework. As a way of thinking that takes years to develop and a lifetime to master. Parham Shariat spent over two decades navigating markets across three continents, from commercial real estate in Washington DC to institutional-scale deals in Dubai, and from the dot-com era to the rise of artificial intelligence. He has watched markets boom and collapse, made pivots that paid off and ones he still thinks about, and learned most of his hardest lessons not in a boardroom but standing at the edge of a craps table, watching before he bought in. This is not a gambling book. It is not a how-to guide. It is the honest account of a career built on reading cycles, positioning early, pressing when the math justified it, and protecting capital when everyone around him was deploying theirs. For the young entrepreneur figuring out how business actually works (not the version they teach in school, but the real version), this book is the conversation most people never get to have with someone who has actually been through it. The dice rolls are cyclical. The patterns repeat. And if you learn to read them, you will make better decisions than most of the people around you. Not perfect decisions. Better ones. For readers who want to improve their craps game, four strategy lessons are included at the back of the book.
Key Takeaways
- Every outcome, at the craps table or in business, comes down to four forces: timing, strategy, pattern recognition, and consistency.
- Markets are cyclical like the dice. Learning to read the patterns leads to better decisions, not perfect ones.
- Drawn from two decades navigating markets across three continents, from commercial real estate in Washington DC to institutional-scale deals in Dubai, through the dot-com era and the rise of AI.
- Includes four practical craps strategy lessons at the back of the book for readers who want to improve their own game.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Who wrote Six Ways to Make a 7?
- Six Ways to Make a 7: Knowing When to Walk Away was written by Parham Shariat, author of The Business Strategy Series and Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of ReTHINK CNERGY.
- Who is Six Ways to Make a 7 written for?
- Six Ways to Make a 7 is written for a distinct, younger entrepreneurial audience, set apart from the core three-book strategy series.
- Where can I buy Six Ways to Make a 7?
- Six Ways to Make a 7 is available on Amazon.
Parham Shariat is the author of The Business Strategy Series and Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of ReTHINK CNERGY, with over twenty years of experience building companies across three continents. A Wharton-certified AI strategist, he developed the Generative Engine Optimization methodology that helps businesses get recommended by AI platforms like ChatGPT. He is the author of The Business Strategy Plan, Digital Real Estate, The Complete Guide to Dominating AI Search, Six Ways to Make a 7, and The 38 Letters of Rockefeller to His Son.
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