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Find a Business or PersonThe Road To Success
Practice What You PreachSurely, you will use some of the school stuff you pick up along the way. But is that all there is to it? Can you walk into a meeting and blow them away with your ideas? Of course not – you need to know each member well and play your cards right in order to emerge without losing your dignity. |
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PraiseA popular DJ was once asked whether he preferred composing and producing his own music so that others could listen and play it or selecting and playing music for others to enjoy. The response was that he preferred the former. |
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Recognize An OpportunityBefore Steve Case was at AOL, he was trying to sell hair conditioner and pizza, first at Procter & Gamble and then at Pizza Hut. Regardless, Case was never the type to overachieve. The Hawaii native earned a degree not in business, but Political Science from Williams College. |
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Risk TakingYour mission, if you choose to accept it, is to play fair and to win. Someone once said that the "world was a tuxedo, but they felt like brown shoes." You should strive to be the bow tie or better yet, the tux. If you wake up feeling like the sock, you will end up stinking. |
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Seize the OpportunityImagine you are playing hockey and time is counting down. You are down by one goal and the third period is ticking away. You are eager to grab the puck and make something happen, whether you set someone up for a goal or score yourself. |
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SetbacksAs these questions lingered, CEO Tim Koogle retired and room was made was for former Hollywood studio chief Terry Semel. Independent of criticism, Semel maintained his cool demeanor. Many experienced Internet executives – treated as saints during the golden era but ridiculed when they could not show a profit – would have been great for Yahoo! But Semel was one of the few people to keep his composure when the market was falling beneath his feet. |
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Success and PerceptionIn professional sports, even though the final score is indisputable, there can be debate about whether or not the winner deserved to win. Even in victory, there may be naysayers who argue that a team benefited from poor officiating, the most famous example of this was in the 1986 World Cup of Soccer. Argentina defeated England on the controversial ''Hand of God'' goal by legend Diego Maradona. |
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The Ego: Executing Your GameplanLearn as much as you can, ask questions and absorb everything. Knowledge is the tip of the iceberg. Each person has a comparative advantage: something that they specialize in. Ideally, this is what they are best at. This is the area you should focus on. How fast can you pick up new tricks? The key is to develop complementary tools that you can apply from one situation to another. |
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