I am posting 16 Golden rules of Bob Parsons. Founder and CEO of GoDaddy!
Whenever I feel down, I go through them and they give me immense confidence and are so moral boosting, hope they help you as well!
Here are the 16 rules I try to live by:
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.”

Gave me some inspiration today as I venture further into my online endeavors, which have been a roller coaster ride this month at best.

My Recent Experiences

  So I recently submit my interview to a few different places online. I used monster.com and usajobs.gov to find something related to my field. As the phone calls began to come in I began to schedule my interviews by a first come first serve basis. (Remember they are calling you which means your application was already good enough for them to make the effort to call you.) When you receive the phone call for the interview make sure to be speak clearly and annunciate. The phone call is a test to see how much your paying attention. Basically you need to get 4 pieces of information: 1- Company they represent, 2- Person who is calling + their position, 3- Time and Date of Interview, 4- Directions + Call back number. Always keep in mind that it’s best to take the offered time and date the interviewer asks for. By taking their time slot you are working with them and showing that this interview is important to you.

  This is the May 2009 NYW traffic statement. The images below are taken directly from my cPanel:

Traffic for May 2009 – Compared to Best Month

• Unique Visitors: 1878 – 2041
• Number of Visits:3902 – 5096
• Page Views:28229 – 21,750
• Hits:98409 – 160,918

   This month was a bit rough for the blog. Finishing school, searching for work, and getting ready for graduate school took a toll on my allotted time to dedicate to this blog. As you all know, this is a hobby of mine and not a job. I blog when I can because I enjoy doing so. I hope to get back into the normal flow of things as life calms down after my college graduation last week, and as I find a steady 9-5 job which I can keep during graduate school.

#1 – Search Engines (Windows Live/MSN Search had about 55% of the queries – Google and Google images about 25% – others 20%)
#2 – Entrecard + Twitter (retweets)
#3 – Viral Marketing ( March’s articles + press releases)

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  Hello everyone, what a hectic month just passed. The last 3 weeks of classes up until the very end of this month I was swamped with personal and school work. As time began to crunch I needed to focus and prioritize on what was truly important in my life right now: Getting a Job and Getting into Grad School! Luckily, I got into graduate school and am very close to having an ideal “career” job.

In total Nurture Your Wealth made $38.27 this month, a 51.07% decrease from last month. As always Nurture Your Wealth values your opinions, please feel free to comment.

  The stats for these earnings statements are only representative of this site, Nurture Your Wealth. Meaning that this blog in this month, May 2009, created the below in terms of revenue. The revenue this blog earns is a byproduct for my will and passion for teaching. My first and only commitment is to my readers and their well being and not to make money deceiving them, unlike some others.

There were 4 categories of revenue potential this month:
- Affiliate Networks (Market Leverage, Amazon Associates)
- Cost Per Click Publisher Ads (Adsense, Adbrite, Bidvertiser, Text Link Ads, etc.)
- Private Ads (Visit Advertising)
- Paid Reviews (Visit Advertising)

Earnings

• Affiliate: $5.44
• CPC Publisher Ads $27.83
• Pay Per Post: $0
• Private Ads: $5.00

• Grand Total: $38.27

   This month was certainly not what I had planned. I really wanted to rock out this month with good qualitative information and an awesome contest. Luckily, the contest ran well with a little over 40 submissions for our first contest. Will definitely try to increase private ad sales for the site. (Advertise with us)

  Quarter 2, 2009 – May we had 59 Total RSS Subscribers at the end of the month. April we had 54 Total RSS Subscribers at the end of the month. A 15 reader increase from Quarter 1 = $15 Projected Donation at the end of Quarter 2. Thanks for reading, I look forward to keeping you up to date every month!

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