Hiring People

This is the eighth installment of The 10 Steps to be Successful. In order to be successful you should hire people who are better at their job than you. That doesn't mean you shouldn't have a clue on what they are doing, but they just need to be better at it. For example: the bookkeeper, everything she does I can do, but she does it better. Same for my construction guy. When I first started I used to come up with the designs, then I found someone who does it better than me and I hired him.

Organization

Organization is a great skill to have especially when it comes to the business side of things. If a company is unorganized it will make their job a lot tougher than if they had things in an orderly fashion. "My nine year old daughter and eleven year old son are very disorganized," like a majority of the world. Now a days people should not be unorganized because of the amount of technology and how much it progresses each day. We now have electronic scanners which makes filing things just that much easier and without the clutter of all of the paperwork. Having the advancement that we do in technology kind of gives us an unfair advantage over earlier generations, so you would think that businesses are more organized when we really have more of a mess. Everyone's favorite thing in the office should be there trashcan (recycling bin) because that is where all the clutter should go after it is scanned.

Speed of Business

One thing a business needs to do to stay on top is change their business model. Now I know that not everyone is going to agree with that statement, but it's true. Take Blockbuster, Polaroid, and Myspace for examples. They were all great ideas that made a lot of sense, but they got out paced and out thought. UPS has a quote on the side of their vans that says, "Moving at the speed of business." Many people these days are not willing to change their ideas or businesses and if someone comes up with something better you're business has a chance of failing. In that case people need to open up to the idea of modifying their ideas, so they can stay in the game. When it comes to shooting most people are the "Ready, Aim, Fire" kind of people, but I am a "Fire, Ready, Aim" type of person.Instead of taking a long time to make a decision people need to adapt and make decisions faster.

Third Step to Success

To be a successful person there are ten steps to follow. The third one deals with failure. Some people think that the most important indicator is your ability to handle failure. In order to be able to handle failure you can read about it in the book Failing Forward by John Maxwell. Thomas Edison says, "If you want to be successful, double your failure rate."

Here is the second installment to our keys to success. Step number 2 is the 10000 hour rule and that means in order to be good at something you must do it for 10000 hours. You should get to 10000 hours as fast as possible and one way you can do that is to spend 100 hours of work a week if you can. If you do 100 hours a week it will take you two years to get to that goal. When you are really passionate about something you should work your hardest to become great at it.

Omaha Mentors

A very important thing for a child to have in their life is a mentor. There are three different kinds of mentors: the accidental one, your boss, and one that you find. The accidental mentor is someone whose path you cross and they end up helping you find your way in life. Your boss should be a mentor because it will make your job more enjoyable and networking will become easier to do. If you spend a lot of time with your boss you can start to learn the ropes of life. The third kind of mentor is one that you look for. In Omaha there are many places that you can volunteer at and be mentor for children. Two of the biggest mentoring agencies in Omaha are Big Brothers Big Sisters and Teammates. Each of these programs are very important and play a big role in the community.

Core Value Overview

Our three core values are not only for my family, but the businesses I own as well.
1) Have a Servant heart with discernment
2) Have the burning desire to be the best possible version of ourselves possible
3) Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth

My favorite lines from The Super.

I know what is like to be in a category 5 hurricane. Ms. Kitty - Dave Paladino
Good bye captain condescending.Mike- Lisa Paladino
You better watch it budy.The Super-Ila Paladino
We thank wrestling cows is fun. The Super- Zech Paladino