Learning from Bob Parson

Posted on | March 13, 2009 | No Comments

I slept early last night because I had one bottle of beer to go with a pizza and a bit of pasta in Pizza Hut with my wife and baby. It’s been quite some time since we ate at this pizza shop due to several reasons and one of it of course is for austerity measures sake. And with my body getting used to having brandy in the evening, which is supposed to be stronger than beer, was surprised (or more likely delighted) when some malt and yeast brew entered its system – thus, the untimely drowsiness.

Anyway, I woke up very early once again after my body clock sensed that I’ve already had 6 hours of sleep and was probably reminding me that I skipped my online session last night. Well, just like how my wife reminds me if I’m done with my surfing, followed by a smirk on her face.

While feeling lazy, sleepy and clicking aimlessly on anything with a hyperlink, I was directed from WordPress.org to one of its suggested webhost and then finally to Godaddy.com’s blog. Upon reaching it, I looked for their FAQs but then again my disobedient mouse led me to the rightmost corner of the site with the following info:

Bob’s 16 Rules:

1.	Get and stay out of your comfort zone.
2.	Never give up.
3.	When you are ready to quit, you’re closer than you think.
4.	Accept the worst possible outcome.
5.	Focus on what you want to have happen.
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.

Once, my stubbornness and resistance to advice has made me a not-so-fan of self-help books including personal rules. But for a couple of years now I have opened my mind to read, listen and at least learn something out of it especially those coming from successful people who have walked the talk like this founder and CEO of GoDaddy.com. And after reading his 16 rules I can’t help but agree to all of it – my favorites however are rule numbers 6, 7, 13 and 16. You go Daddy!

Mood: 3/10 Honks!

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