1.You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and by falling over and it’s because you fall over that you learn to save yourself from falling over. I think it’s safe to say most of you know already how I feel about breaking rules. If you’re wondering how to move in this direction, start by breaking these 5 rules today. If we didn’t learn to walk by following rules, then we must question why it is we’re so hell bent on following rules, formulas, prescriptions and recommendations to do everything else in life. 2. Entrepreneurship is not about getting one over on the customer. It’s not about working on your own. It’s not about looking out for number one. It’s not necessarily about making a lot of money. On the contrary, it’s about turning what excites you in life into capital, so that you can do more of it and move forward. This is a rather interesting take on entrepreneurship that might cause you to take a step back and evaluate exactly why you’re doing the things you are. When I look at why I’ve spent the last three years attempting to build what I have, it is because I absolutely wake up everyday thrilled to do it. Turning it into capital would just be icing on the cake. 3.Having savvy is far more important than formal education. Given that I’ve received a fairly extensive formal education and found it to be of little practical use in the real world, it’s safe to say I agree. If you’re new here then you might not know you can easily give yourself and education that kicks the crap out of the one you got in school. It doesn’t have to replace the one that you got in school, it can just be amplify it significantly. 4. Circumstances and opportunities change. The only constant is change itself Life is quite a bit like the ocean and it’s waves. If there’s anything 33 years on this planet has taught me it’s that nothing is permanent so there’s no sense in getting too caught up in the bullshit. 5. Befriending one’s enemy is a good rule for life and business I admit this is not my strong suit. If I don’t like somebody, I don’t have an easy time hiding it. But sometimes the people you don’t like also happened to be really smart and can teach you quite a bit. I think we can start simply by not labeling them as enemies. 6. Publicity is Absolutely Critical As a blogger you have to learn this lesson. You should never town down a chance to do an interview with anybody or contribute to anything. Always say yes. You simply never who know who your message is going to reach. That’s why I always say yes when somebody wants to interview me. 7. Don’t Promise What You Can’t Deliver and deliver everything your promise. I’ve experienced first hand what happens when you don’t follow this. I’ve failed a hand full of times with products and services and it call came down to delivery. It’s far easier to under promise and overdeliver. 8. If you’re running an airline, restaurant, or any other company, it’s attention to detail that defines great delivery I’ve been a big picture guy for as long as I can remember. In running BlogcastFM I’ve distanced myself from the details until recently. When I was staying with a friend on a recent visit to San Francisco he showed me that we BlogcastFM was in the wrong category in iTunes. I couldn’t help but think how many 1000’s of listeners we probably missed out on because of this. Fortunately we fixed it immediately. I also recently ran a focus group for the listeners, and was amazed at how much detail they provided in what I could do to improve their experience. The devil is in the details, but so is the goldmine. 9. Success one day doesn’t give you a free lunch everyday thereafter Success is a dangerous trap because it can cause you to stop working hard once you’ve achieved your goal. But the people who really push the limits know the importance of continually reaching higher and making improvements in their lives. 10. Every risk is worth taking as long as it’s in a good cause and contributes Bakshi sweet
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