GoDaddy founder and CEO Bob Parsons has 16 rules for success in business and life in general. If he sells GoDaddy to private equity firms for $2 billion, that'll make him a billionaire or close to it. Does that give his "business rules" more weight? Maybe. On the other hand, the guy made a creepy videotape of himself killing an elephant and hungry villagers ripping the flesh off it while wearing GoDaddy hats. Does that mean you shouldn't learn from him? Who knows? What I do know is the guy's got a big success under his belt and that's worth something. Personally, I would learn as much as you can from accomplished executives and follow the advice that resonates with you. Speaking of which, here are my Rules For Business Success. If you like them, that's great. If not, try the billionaire elephant guy. Whatever works, it's okay with me. And do check www.appitive.com | Like us on Facebook and Follow us on Twitter !

1. @Abhishek Shah
Rules
For
Business
Success

2. One
Play to win

3. Coming in second means
the other guy won

4. There really is no
consolation prize in business

5. Business is war,
a zero-sum game

6. Only one company
can win the deal just
as only one person
can get the job, the
promotion, whatever.

7. TWO
Build game-changing
strategy that solves a
big hairy problem

8. If it's not going to make
a real dent in something
important, you have no
business doing it.

9. Build a bold

10. game changing
strategy to win big

11. Slow and steady does
not win the race

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

13. Three
Surround yourself with
confident, competent
people that tell the
truth …

14. and listen to them

15. Most mistakes stem from
subjective sources

16. limited information

17. and
inaccurate
assumptions

18. Surround yourself with
confident, competent people

19. no yes-men, sugar-coaters, or BSers

20. and get unbiased truth from
sources to make objective decisions

21. FOUR
Success builds
confidence, life-lessons
come from failure

22. That means
real personal
and
professional
grow th comes
primarily
from failure
and losing

23. Moreover, you'll never truly
understand that until you've been
on the receiving end of a few
knockout punches

24. Five
Bounce back faST

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

26. the sooner you get up

27. brush yourself off

28. learn what you can

29. get your chin up

30. and get back to business

31. the
better,
Not just
for you

32. but for everyone to see,
including your competitors

33. SIX
Challenge conventional
wisdom

34. Things change

35. That means challenge the status
quo, authority, sacred cows,
"the way it's done"

36. anything that sounds even
remotely like a generalization
that your gut tells you may
not apply in the current
situation.

37. SEVEN
Resul count, intentions
ts
and excuses don't

38. 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

39. Nobody cares, except that
you own up to it, get
over it, and move on.

40. EIGHT
Know when to quit

41. Killing projects

42. quit
ting jobs

43. pulling the plug on investments

44. terminating partnerships

45. firing people

46. even shooting customers

47. they're all things nobody
likes to do, and yet,
they're just as critical as
starting something new

48. If you're not
good at stopping
things

49. they'll drain your
resources, kill your
productivity, and limit
your opportunity.

50. Nine
There are times to be
focused and times to be
flexible

51. the key is to
know when to
switch from one
to the other

52. Ten
Trust your gut and do
the right thing

53. 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.

54. Eleven
Do what you're great
at or passionate about,
whatever makes you
happy

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

56. Twelve
Set some goals, come up
with a plan

57. execute

58. see how you did

59. learn from it

60. repeat

61. That's how
everything is
done

62. Thank You
@Abhishekshah