QPR co-chairman Tony Fernandes has said he overestimated the worth ethic of certain people after making the move into football.
Fernandes had a wealth of business experience before taking over at Loftus Road, and says success depends on the people you bring into the club.
Speaking to 5Live, he said: "I just assume that everyone who takes a salary would work 150 percent, that's my philosophy all the time that if I take someone's wage I'd put in 150 percent, whether it's for £10 of £1000.
"I realise that isn't always the case in football and so we really spent a long time making sure we had the right sort. It's all about people. If you put good people in, hire good people, whether they're playing staff or backroom staff, it makes a massive difference."
Football as a sport is overrun by the increasing power given to agents and footballers in the game, and Fernandes says that he's learnt that he needs to let the experts control footballing matters.
He said: "That's the one other thing I've learnt, there's got to be a seperation. My whole life I've been immersed in whatever I do.
"While I'm CEO of AirAsia I can carry bags, I can meet passengers, I do everything, but in football there needs to be seperation.
"I think one of the biggest decisions I made was to step back and let Les Ferdinand deal with agents and leave the players to Les and Ian Holloway, so I think the stepping back and allowing the professionals to do it has made a difference."
Asked whether he ever had to bite his tongue with a player or agent, he said: "Biting my tongue with a player, most definitely. Biting my tongue with agents, no, I spoke my mind in the end.
"It used to be frustrating when I'd see a player who was clearly not injured and pretending to be injured. Or seeing a player not giving 110 percent. That was an alien concept to me. But it felt it wasn't my place to do it.
"It's about making sure you have the right players and making sure you have the right contracts before you sign for a long-term."