Final thoughts

Follow your interests Work on things you’re passionate about Find others who are equally passionate Don’t be dissuaded easily Don’t be distracted easily

Work on things you’re passionate about

Find others who are equally passionate

Don’t be dissuaded easily

Don’t be distracted easily

First who…then what Get the right people involved Get the wrong people uninvolved When you find a core group, protect it

Get the right people involved

Get the wrong people uninvolved

When you find a core group, protect it

hedgehog Passion, what you can do best, economic driver Let it filter out distraction

Passion, what you can do best, economic driver

Let it filter out distraction

progress Measure progress incrementally Celebrate small victories Get something to market soon Listen to customers

Measure progress incrementally

Celebrate small victories

Get something to market soon

Listen to customers

values Look out the window to apportion success Look to yourself when placing blame Embed some social element into all of your ventures Put family first

Look out the window to apportion success

Look to yourself when placing blame

Embed some social element into all of your ventures

Put family first

creativity Comes from activity/motion comes from quiet comes from organization Keep your antenna up at all times Write your ideas down

Comes from activity/motion

comes from quiet

comes from organization

Keep your antenna up at all times

Write your ideas down

Business Get your affairs in order (banking, taxes, business structure) early Remember your equity is your most valuable asset (give it away grudgingly) Get in the habit of immediately asking who the customer is Pay one vendor on time ALL the time

Get your affairs in order (banking, taxes, business structure) early

Remember your equity is your most valuable asset (give it away grudgingly)

Get in the habit of immediately asking who the customer is

Pay one vendor on time ALL the time

confidence Create a mantra for success (“I will succeed”) Don’t be fooled into thinking that people know what they’re doing Be confident enough to risk and smart enough shift

Create a mantra for success (“I will succeed”)

Don’t be fooled into thinking that people know what they’re doing

Be confident enough to risk and smart enough shift

negotiation Don’t talk too much Let the other party talk, you listen (they will give themselves away) Don’t do deals that you wouldn’t take the other side of

Don’t talk too much

Let the other party talk, you listen (they will give themselves away)

Don’t do deals that you wouldn’t take the other side of

Execute Create something worth executing Set goals Communicate the goals Measure the goals weekly Establish a single point of responsibility Follow through until it’s done or irrelevant Reward achievers Establish a culture of execution Be honest about your efficacy

Create something worth executing

Set goals

Communicate the goals

Measure the goals weekly

Establish a single point of responsibility

Follow through until it’s done or irrelevant

Reward achievers

Establish a culture of execution

Be honest about your efficacy

More values Help people who cannot help you Help without the expectation of return Help many people Do the right thing the right way Pay back society

Help people who cannot help you

Help without the expectation of return

Help many people

Do the right thing the right way

Pay back society

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See my interests: www.9giantsteps.com

Twitter: gah650