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August 25, 2005
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Posted by Brad Abare | Filed under: Business
The May 2005 issue of Worthwhile magazine had a feature on Bob Parsons, the founder of Parsons Technology and more recently GoDaddy.com. This guy has balls. Growing up "as dirt poor as a church rat," Parsons learned not only to expect the worst, he practiced quantifying it. "When I start feeling afraid of what's going on with GoDaddy, I take out a piece of paper and say 'What's the most terrible thing that could happen? When you see it in writing, you realize it's nothing to get paralyzed over.'"
From launching software that never sold to being hospitalized for exhaustion, Parsons would end up selling his technology company to Intuit for $64 million. GoDaddy, not without its start-up setbacks, is now No. 8 on Inc.'s list of fastest growing companies.
Among some of his rules for success?
- Stay out of your comfort zone.
- When you're ready to quit, you're closer than you think.
- Focus on what you want to happen.
- Measure everything of significance.
- Don't take yourself too seriously.
- There's always a reason to smile. Find it.
At Personality™, we're passionate about helping your purpose become an exclamation. What better reminder than from a guy who knows risk, knows reward, and loves the return from both. That's some personality.
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