A friend linked this on Facebook and it’s such a good article, I relinked it on FB and am posting it here as well.
This article is neither left/right, nor public/private, tort reform, health care rights, etc. It looks at a fundamental issue in the rising cost and declining quality of health care in the US — and it has nothing to do with politics. It’s business. From the New Yorker:
McAllen, Texas and the high cost of health care
It is quite long, but very well worth your time to read and think about.
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You know, say what you want about the dude and his marketing strategies, but the fact remains that Bob Parsons knows how to build and run a business: he grew Parsons Technology from his basement business into a $64M sale to Intuit in 10 years, and GoDaddy has grown from a new registrar to the market leader, three times as big as its nearest competitor. I really appreciate his no-bullshit demeanor and the fact that he takes the time out to produce his informative, entertaining video blog. Yes, it is also self-marketing, but it’s obvious he’s having a good time while providing the lessons he’s learned in business over the years.
Check out his current video blog entry: http://www.bobparsons.me/Blog28.html?watch=1; and I’ll paste his “16 Rules for Success in Business & Life In General” here, too:
- Get and stay out of your comfort zone.
- Never give up.
- When you are ready to quit, you’re closer than you think.
- Accept the worst possible outcome.
- Focus on what you want to have happen.
- Take things a day at a time.
- Always be moving forward.
- Be quick to decide.
- Measure everything of significance.
- Anything that is not managed will deteriorate.
- Pay attention to your competitors, but pay more attention to what you’re doing.
- Never let anybody push you around.
- Never expect life to be fair.
- Solve your own problems.
- Don’t take yourself too seriously.
- There’s always a reason to smile.
He’s a Vietnam vet who gives a shout-out to the USMC on its birthday every year. I don’t even agree with a lot of his politics, but he I think he’s pretty cool.
/thumbs up.
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