It's always a good thing in life to have role models of successful people to follow and look up to. Bob Parsons, the founder of GoDaddy.com, has an amazing success story. He also freely shares 16 rules for success in business and life. You can read a short bio about Bob on his blog at BobParsons.me.
It's a very inspirational story about how his first company he built was just from programming a piece of software at home. After many failures he kept going, and eventually it paid off. Number 2 in the list is probably the most important... Never give up! Below are the 16 rules that he lives by, which can also be found by clicking here.
Bob Parsons' 16 Rules to Success in Business and Life
- Get and stay out of your comfort zone.
- Never give up.
- When you're ready to quit, you're closer than you think.
- 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.
- Focus on what you want to have happen.
- Be quick to decide.
- Always be moving forward.
- Take things a day at a time.
- Measure everything of significance.
- Anything that is not managed will deteriorate.
- Pay attention to your competitors, but pay more attention to what you're doing.
- Never let anybody push you around.
- Never expect life to be fair.
- Solve your own problems.
- Don't take yourself too seriously.
- There's always a reason to smile.
To read this list in its entirety, including Bob's notes on each item, click here. He also provides free wallpapers of the list to download. You can even buy a professional poster of the list to put on your wall at home or in the office.
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