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Rules of Success 4

Posted March 9, 2009 Comments Off

Bob Parsons CEO & founder of www.godaddy.com rules of success numbers 13-16.

13. Never expect life to be fair.
Life isn’t fair. You make your own breaks. You’ll be doing good if the only meaning fair has to you, is something that you pay when you get on a bus (i.e., fare).

14. Solve your own problems.
You’ll find that by coming up with your own solutions, you’ll develop a competitive edge. Masura Ibuka, the co-founder of SONY, said it best: “You never succeed in technology, business, or anything by following the others.” There’s also an old Asian saying that I remind myself of frequently. It goes like this: “A wise man keeps his own counsel.”

15. Don’t take yourself too seriously.
Lighten up. Often, at least half of what we accomplish is due to luck. None of us are in control as much as we like to think we are.

16. There’s always a reason to smile.
Find it. After all, you’re really lucky just to be alive. Life is short. More and more, I agree with my little brother. He always reminds me: We’re not here for a long time, we’re here for a good time!

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Rules of Success 3

Posted March 5, 2009 Comments Off

Bob Parsons CEO & founder of www.godaddy.com rules of success numbers 9-12.

9. Measure everything of significance.
I swear this is true. Anything that is measured and watched, improves.

10. Anything that is not managed will deteriorate.
If you want to uncover problems you don’t know about, take a few moments and look closely at the areas you haven’t examined for a while. I guarantee you problems will be there.

11. Pay attention to your competitors, but pay more attention to what you’re doing.
When you look at your competitors, remember that everything looks perfect at a distance. Even the planet Earth, if you get far enough into space, looks like a peaceful place.

12. Never let anybody push you around.
In our society, with our laws and even playing field, you have just as much right to what you’re doing as anyone else, provided that what you’re doing is legal.

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Rules of Success 2

Posted March 3, 2009 Comments Off

Bob Parsons CEO & founder of www.godaddy.com rules of success numbers 5-8.

5. Focus on what you want to have happen.
Remember that old saying, “As you think, so shall you be.”

6. Take things a day at a time.
No matter how difficult your situation is, you can get through it if you don’t look too far into the future, and focus on the present moment. You can get through anything one day at a time.

7. Always be moving forward.
Never stop investing. Never stop improving. Never stop doing something new. The moment you stop improving your organization, it starts to die. Make it your goal to be better each and every day, in some small way. Remember the Japanese concept of Kaizen. Small daily improvements eventually result in huge advantages.

8. Be quick to decide.
Remember what General George S. Patton said: “A good plan violently executed today is far and away better than a perfect plan tomorrow.”

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Rules of Success 1

Posted February 27, 2009

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I spent last weekend at Yanik Silver’s Underground Conference #5 in Washington DC. It was an amazing event that I encourage all interested in business to go to in the future. I learned some key secrets for marketing and business success. I met some successful business owners who shared some key ingredients to their business success who are movers and shakers in real estate investing and other industries. I will share more on that with you in future posts.

Friday night many of the business owners gathered to participate in a Bond 007 scavenger hunt orchestrated by our host, Yanik. We froze our tushes galloping around outside our hotel reading clues and meeting spies at street corners and reading monuments for answers. The event was chock full of surprises and paparazzi like cameras flashing at us as we traipsed around DC. As I was walking outside with my team, through the DC icey wind, I realized that I forgot to bring a winter jacket and gloves, brrr. Although it was chilly to the bone, it was the perfect way to start the weekend!

The next morning we had the opportunity to listen to our keynote speaker Bob Parsons CEO & founder of www.godaddy.com. He shared his 16 rules of success that he lives by. I am posting the first 4 rules below and more in the future…

1. Get and stay out of your comfort zone.
I believe that not much happens of any significance when we’re in our comfort zone. I hear people say, “But I’m concerned about security.” My response to that is simple: “Security is for cadavers.”

2. Never give up.
Almost nothing works the first time it’s attempted. Just because what you’re doing does not seem to be working, doesn’t mean it won’t work. It just means that it might not work the way you’re doing it. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn’t have an opportunity.

3. When you’re ready to quit, you’re closer than you think.
There’s an old Chinese saying that I just love, and I believe it is so true. It goes like this: “The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.”

4. With regard to whatever worries you, not only accept the worst thing that could happen, but make it a point to quantify what the worst thing could be.
Very seldom will the worst consequence be anywhere near as bad as a cloud of “undefined consequences.” My father would tell me early on, when I was struggling and losing my shirt trying to get Parsons Technology going, “Well, Robert, if it doesn’t work, they can’t eat you.”

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If You Get This You Are Ahead Of The Game

Posted November 1, 2008 Comments Off

Great quote from Warren Buffet about bad times in the economy…

“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.”

Apply this to your real estate deals today and you will see things happen in your business.

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