12 RULES FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS

1. Play to win. Coming in second means the other guy won. There really is no consolation prize in business. Business is war, a zero-sum game. Only one company can win the deal just as only one person can get the job, the promotion, whatever.
2. Build game-changing strategy that solves a big hairy problem. If it’s not going to make a real dent in something important, you have no business doing it. Build a bold, game changing strategy to win big. Slow and steady does not win the race. Niche is fine, as long as it’s a strategy to gain a foothold.
3. Surround yourself with confident, competent people that tell the truth … and listen to them. Most mistakes stem from subjective sources, limited information, and inaccurate assumptions. Surround yourself with confident, competent people - no yes-men, sugar-coaters, or BSers - and get the unbiased truth from enough sources to make objective decisions.
4. Success builds confidence, but life-lessons come from failure. That means real personal and professional growth comes primarily from failure and losing. Moreover, you’ll never truly understand that until you’ve been on the receiving end of a few knockout punches.
5. Bounce back fast. When you get knocked down - and you will, over and over again - the sooner you get up, brush yourself off, learn what you can, get your chin up, and get back to business, the better. Not just for you, but for everyone to see, including your competitors.
6. Challenge conventional wisdom. Things change. That means challenge the status quo, authority, sacred cows, “the way it’s done,” anything that sounds even remotely like a generalization that your gut tells you may not apply in the current situation.
7. Results count, intentions and excuses don’t. 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. Nobody cares, except that you own up to it, get over it, and move on.
8. Know when to quit. Killing projects, quitting jobs, pulling the plug on investments, terminating partnerships, firing people, even shooting customers - they’re all things nobody likes to do, and yet, they’re just as critical as starting something new. If you’re not good at stopping things, they’ll drain your resources, kill your productivity, and limit your opportunity.
9. There are times to be focused and times to be flexible; the key is to know when to switch from one to the other.
10. Trust your gut and do the right thing. 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.
11. Do what you’re great at or passionate about, whatever makes you happy. Otherwise you won’t be successful and whatever you manage to achieve won’t be worth it.
12. Set some goals, come up with a plan, execute, see how you did, learn from it, repeat. That’s how everything is done.

AHS Bears Classic Edition Chandler Reunion

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Chandler, Arizona

by Sue Blake Smith

June 29th, 2011

 

The latest of the reunions centered around legendary Coach John Colman, after whom the ASF football field is now named, was held at The San Marcos Resort in Chandler, Arizona the weekend of June 17.    A group of 20 or so Fighting Bears gathered to reminisce and pay tribute to the man who had coached football at the AHS, as it was then known, from 1967 to 1976. 

 

John Colman, known to all as “Coach”, was a larger-than-life presence with the gravelly voice and demeanor of a drill sergeant.   His former players affectionately recalled how quickly they snapped to attention when they saw either his baseball cap or his clipboard get slammed into the ground.   But they also recalled how deeply he cared about each player and how much he taught them not only about football, but about life.

 

As team quarterback Art Camacho (’72)  said, “Coach was more than a football coach to many of the guys on the team.  He was a father figure.”

 

 Jim Melhado (’73)  agreed,  “Coach, you always made time for us.   You made us a close-knit group, a disciplined team, a team not willing to accept defeat.  You gave us the thrill of winning.   You gave us a chance to be champions.   You made us Fighting Bears.”

 

In addition to toasting Coach, the group paid tribute to two recently deceased teammates, Tony Viele (’73) and Dan “Iron Man” Fitch (’71).   Both had been stars on the teams that eventually achieved the greatest victory of all:  the famous 30 – 14 win over Tepeyac in 1972. 

 

The lessons learned on the football field back in the late sixties and early seventies transformed a ragtag group of boys into the successful, impressive men they are today.    And they haven’t forgotten the coach who motivated and inspired them.   Thanks, Coach.    Go, Bears!

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