Rules for business success

Build game-changing strategy that solves a big hairy problem TWO... If it's not going to make a real dent in something important, you have no business doing it... Niche is fine, as long

Play to win

One

Coming in second means

the other guy won

There really is no

consolation prize in business

Business is war,

a zero-sum game

Only one company

can win the deal just

as only one person

can get the job, the promotion, whatever

Build game-changing strategy that solves a

big hairy problem

TWO

If it's not going to make

a real dent in something important, you have no business doing it

Build a bold

game changing

strategy to win big

Slow and steady does not win the race

Niche is fine, as long as it's a strategy to gain a foothold

Surround yourself with confident, competent people that tell the

truth …

Three

and listen to them

Most mistakes stem from subjective sources

limited information

and

inaccurate assumptions

Surround yourself with

confident, competent people

no yes-men, sugar-coaters, or BSers

and get unbiased truth from

sources to make objective decisions

Success builds confidence, life-lessons

come from failure

FOUR

That means

real personal and

professional

growth comes primarily

from failure and losing

Moreover, you'll never truly

understand that until you've been

on the receiving end of a few

knockout punches

Bounce back faST

Five

When you get knocked down - and you will, over and over again

the sooner you get up

brush yourself off

learn what you can

get your chin up

and get back to business

the better, Not just for you

but for everyone to see, including your competitors

Challenge conventional

wisdom

SIX

Things change

That means challenge the status quo, authority, sacred cows,

"the way it's done"

anything that sounds even

remotely like a generalization that your gut tells you may

not apply in the current

situation

Results count, intentions

and excuses don't

SEVEN

It's shocking how many

experienced

leaders and

managers waste time explaining why things

didn't work out and making

excuses or

placing blame

for failure

Nobody cares, except that you own up to it, get

over it, and move on

Know when to quit

EIGHT

Killing projects

quitting jobs

pulling the plug on investments

terminating partnerships

firing people

even shooting customers

they're all things nobody

likes to do, and yet,

they're just as critical as starting something new

If you're not good at stopping

things

they'll drain your resources, kill your productivity, and limit

your opportunity

There are times to be focused and times to be

flexible

Nine

the key is to

know when to switch from one

to the other

Trust your gut and do

the right thing

Ten

Whatever compass you use,

moral, or otherwise, trust

your instincts

and everything you've learned along the way, and do what you

think is right,

not what anyone else tells you to

do

Do what you're great

at or passionate about,

whatever makes you

happy Eleven

Otherwise you won't be successful and whatever you manage to achieve won't be worth it

Set some goals, come up

with a plan

Twelve

execute

see how you did

learn from it

repeat

That's how everything is

done

Thank You

@Abhishekshah