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About a year ago, after getting bored of my blank cubicle wall at Citigroup, I bought a Bob Parsons poster to quiet the dullness. I gravitated towards the poster because Bob Parsons happens to be the CEO of one of my favorite GoDaddy. I’ve registered all my domain names GoDaddy after an outrageous Superbowl commercial a few years ago. I could’ve picked any domain registrar, but the over the top marketing strategy GoDaddy reeled me in.
So back to the story. Another thing that drew me to the poster was the simple feel good messages that Bob Parsons calls his ‘16 Rules for Success in Business and Life in General”. Granted, I’ve had this poster for over a year, but tonight I rolled it out again and posted it in my apartment workspace. Given my journey as an entrepreneur, and the tremendous amount of effort I expend in developing Invizio, the poster suddenly makes so much more sense than it ever did.
Funny how a life experience brings a decorative poster with a message to life. Here are Bob’s rules for the enjoyment of my readership.
1) Get and stay out of your comfort zone.
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.”
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.
7) Always be moving forward
8 ) Be quick to decide.
9) Measure everything of significance.
10) Anything that is not managed will deteriorate
11) Pay attention to your competitors, but pay more attention to what you’re doing.
12) Never let anybody push you around.
13) Never expect life to be fair.
14) Solve your own problems.
15) Don’t take yourself too seriously.
16) There’s always a reason to smile.
Hope you enjoyed it! See the poster and get your own copy here.
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