Bob Parsons® 16 Rules for Success in Business & life in General

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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.”

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.”

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.

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!”

Copyright © 2005-2007 Bob Parsons. All rights reserved.
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~I found this on Godaddy.com when I was listening to an update on the site. I don’t know much about Mr. Parson’s but I know I like the product I purchase from him. He makes hosting my various Theodore Media sites very easy and affordable for this conservative activist. I have heard that some think Mr. Parson’s GoDaddy.com business is a purveyor of Pornography. I don’t know if that is true, but I can not deny that sex sells. I guess I am more of free market conservative then I am am a moral conservative. I don’t like pornography, but I don’t hate it either. Honestly, I have consumed the product from time to time in my life. If you disagree with me, you have your right. I respect that, and feel free to voice your opinion. I would tell you to go ahead and hate me for my stance, but we all know no one can hate a ~Teddy Bear.

I don’t hate Mr. Bob Parson’s either. In fact I love the product www.GoDaddy.com offers. The hosting and web tools are phenominal. Heck, even I can host my own Clay Empire of sites utilizing his business. I admire the man who can create a business and do what it takes to thrive in the market place. I don’t see Mr. Bob Parson’s in Washington with his hand out looking for a bail out because one of his ventures did not pan out. I see a man who had a dream and made it a reality. That I can admire.

Looking at his Biography, this guy has proved to be effective in the marketplace again and again.

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Bob Parsons is the CEO and Founder of The Go Daddy Group, Inc. Parsons joined the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and received the Combat Action Ribbon, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry and a Purple Heart Medal. Upon his return, Parsons enrolled in the University of Baltimore where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

A serial entrepreneur, Parsons’ first endeavor was Parsons Technology, a software company he started in his basement in 1984, after teaching himself how to write computer programs. After creating the company’s initial software, MoneyCounts and Personal Tax Edge, Parsons used direct mail marketing to sell these and subsequent products.

When Parsons Technology was sold to Intuit, Inc. in 1994 for $64 million dollars, the company had nearly 1,000 employees, $100 million in annual revenue and three million customers. At the time, Parsons Technology sold more than 100 products, was releasing a new product or significant product upgrade every six days, and was sending more than six million pieces of direct marketing mail each month.

In 1997, Parsons started Jomax Technologies, using funds from the sale of Parsons Technology. He renamed the company Go Daddy in 1999, and in 2000, Go Daddy became an ICANN-accredited domain name registrar.

Today, The Go Daddy Group, Inc. family of companies is comprised of three ICANN-accredited domain name registrars, including flagship registrar GoDaddy.com and reseller registrar Wild West Domains, Inc., as well as Starfield Technologies, Inc., its technology development arm.

Throughout his entrepreneurial career, Parsons’ business philosophy has been to create low-priced, feature-rich products combined with the highest levels of customer service. This philosophy has fueled Go Daddy’s growth, leading it to become the No. 1 registrar worldwide, both in terms of new registrations and domains under management. Go Dadd
y currently registers or renews a domain name every second, has more than 5.5 million customers worldwide, manages more than 29 million domain names and employs more than 2,000 people. Most of the applications sold on GoDaddy.com are developed in-house and none of its customer support is outsourced or off-shored.

Parsons has driven the expansion of Go Daddy’s core business beyond domain names, to include Web site hosting, secure SSL certificates and email accounts. With more than 40 complementary products and services, Go Daddy is a one-stop shop that enables individuals to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence.

Parsons was awarded the 2007 Arizona Business Leadership Award. In 2005, Parsons accepted Arizona’s prestigious “Ed Denison Business Leader of the Year,” awarded at the Governor’s Celebration of Innovation.

GoDaddy.com was also recognized with several 2007 Arizona Corporate Excellence (ACE) Awards, including the prestigious distinction as the state’s “Most Innovative Company.” Go Daddy also ranked number 2 on the ACE “25 Fastest-Growing” companies list and number 20 on the ACE “Top 50” companies list.

Parsons’ personal web blog, www.bobparsons.com ranks in the top 1% of most visited blogs on the Internet, out of 100 million+ blogs worldwide. For three years, Parsons also hosted a weekly Internet radio show, Go Daddy LIVE with Bob Parsons™.

Go Daddy was named the fastest-growing privately held technology company (ranked # 8 overall) on the Inc. 500 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies in 2004.

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Mr. Bob Parsons, Thank you for your military service! Thank you for dreaming big and employing thousands of people. You see, I would rather lift up a man or woman who served their country and provided one of the best gifts to his fellow man another can give…a job!

Does Bob Parsons and his company peddle porn? I don’t know, and honestly, I am not interested enough to look into it. I know he has served his country and employed thousands and gives me a really great product. Is GoDaddy.com a business that has sexy advertisement? Yeah, and it is effective, and it sells or renews almost a domain a second. That is pretty effective.

I do know one thing. GoDaddy.com and Mr. Bob Parsons should advertise on the Grizzly Groundswell and other great conservative sites. I love selling a product that I know is easy to use, full of special features and if anything happens, an American voice is on the other end helping me out of my “pickle” that I have created for myself.

After Reading Mr. Bob Parsons list of 16 rules for Sucess in Business & life in General, I have to think that this guy knows what he is doing. He is living life the best way he knows how and providing jobs for his fellow Americans. Hey, what more can we ask from our neighbor?

Now if I hear that Bob Parson’s is a Socialist Squirrel Obama lover, I think I will puke, but, I will more then likely keep buying his product. Well, your right, if I found out he supported Obama, I would think less of him. Especially as a busieness man, how could anyone support the Socialist Squirrel Obama or the corrupt and tyrannical DNC?

Mr. Bob Parsons, Please tell me you are a wise business man who knows Obama would crush our economy with his Socialist Squirrel stink’n think’n!

Hey, if GoDaddy.com is looking for a Sexy site to advertise on and support, why wouldn’t they want to get a little Grizzly? For that matter, why wouldn’t any great American business want to support and lift up what we are doing here on the Grizzly Groundswell?

Heck, if anyone wants to help us get our bloggers boots on the ground in this historic coverage of the RNC convention and provide us with some funds to purchase the AT&T PC Cards to make this happen, they can do so on our new Widget!

~Teddy Bear

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