Favorites of top 10 rules for success

Dec. 31, 2015

Stayed up to last minute of 2015, 12:00am, watching a few of videos about top 10 rules for success, and then, think about putting together a blog to share, for a successful year 2016.

Top 10 rules for success

1. Jessica Alba
2. Oprah Winfrey
    No. 5, Run the race as hard as you can
    Julia's favorite, do not look at others, things you cannot control; focus on yourself
    25 years talk show, hundreds of talk show failed.
  
    9. Stay grounded

3. Bill Gates
    No. 7  Ask for advice 
    Blind spot concern
    No. 8 Pick good people
    No. 9 Don't procrastinate
    School, last 2 days study for exam
    But in business world, it is not good.
    No. 10 Have a sense of humor

Warren Buffett
    No. 5 Have a margin of safety
    No. 7 Schedule for  your personality

Jack Ma
     No 1. Get used to rejection
     No. 9 Don't complain, look for opportunities
     No. 2 Keep your dream alive
     No. 3 Focus on culture
     Not just money, to help others
     No. 5 Get inspired
     No. 7 Have a good name
     No. 8 customers are #1
     Share holders will leave quickly if there is bad thing happens

Jeff Beco
     No. 1 Have no regrets
     80 years old, think about things you try in young age. Internet, if I fail, no regret.
     No.2  Follow your heart not your head
     No. 3 Invest more in the product then marketing
     No. 4 Pick a good name
     No. 5 Stand for something
     No. 6 Focus on the customer
     No. 7 Focus on your passion
     No. 8 Build a culture
     No. 9 premium products at non-premium prices
     Kindle, product - no profit, but user uses it, make money
     No. 10 take a risk

Larry Page
     No. 2 Don't be afraid of failure
     work on 10 years
     leadership training - fail fast
     Take some risk, encourage to take more risk
     No. 3 Stay organized
     No. 4 Concentrate on the long term
     tooth brush test ( twice a day)
     gmail/ youtube
     double the revenue on youtube, since a lot of people use it. But at the begining, spend a lot
    No. 5 Have a good idea
    No. 6 Solve bigger problems
    No. 7 Take on challenges
    No. 8 Don't settle
    other people do not tell
    Be an expert in all areas
    Search algorithm, spent 3-4 years on it, before Google has over 100 people work on
    No. 9 Adapt to changes
    No. 10 Follow your dreams
    anxiety -> dream
    about school, computer error about admission etc. /irational worry, then anxiety, had a dream:
    download entire web to a small computer lying around ->
    after dream, stay up a few of hours, work on algorithms ->
    set up a few weeks, thought at the beginning vs 1-2 years work ->
    keep links -> not all web pages -> rank of pages -> google
    Share the story of his personal dream -> developed a top of world company and technology - Google

Michale Jordan
       No. 1 Keep working hard
       No. 2 Ignite the fire
       nothing can stop me
       No. 3 Be different
       No. 4 Fail your way to success
       Fail over and over and over again.
       No. 5 Have high expectations
       No. 6 Be positive
       bad thing/good thing mixes, no such thing called bad thing
       No. 7 Be who you were born to be
       Encourage to fail
       Take everything you are given,
       Not about shoes, it is about where you choose to go
       No. 8 Have a vision
       Mentally strong
       No. 9 Stop make excuses
       No. 10 Practice 
       At that moment, you do not have to think

Kobe Bryant
        No. 1 Make sacrifices
        No. 2 One move at a time
        How do I prepare? One piece a time, start from a small step
        No. 3 Trust your skills
        how to face criticism? Pressure?
        No. 4 Use your scars as a weapon
        open up to them
        No. 5, Focus on each day
        Do not think about the final result, focus on each day -> training, conditioning, ...
        No. 6 Don't be afraid confrontation
        Cannot please everyone
        Even hurt your feelings, tell something: small thing, like food in your teeth
        No. 7 Be competitive when it's hard
        No. 8  Just keep going
        career -> not chase championships
        good/bad moments, things will work out
       No. 9 Thrive on being an outsider
       No. 10 Compete with yourself
       a story about practice, 800 times, young but mature, weight training, conditioning

Reference videos:

Michael Jordan's Top 10 Rules For Success

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NidqtkXq9Yg

Kobe Bryant's Top 10 Rules For Success

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nd_nUhUj2M