Comments on: Success & Motivation: Don’t Lie to Yourself

By: How To Join that Top 5% That Barack Obama Keeps Referring To « econ365

How To Join that Top 5% That Barack Obama Keeps Referring To « econ365 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:39:42 +0000

[...] might be more abstract than the other two entries. Mark talks about going to work in the industry in which you desire to be successful. This is part of [...]

By: danielmcvicar

danielmcvicar — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:12:14 +0000

Thanks Mark for a great post.

By: Chris Price

Chris Price — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:02:18 +0000

Great post. This applies to everything in life not just entrepreneurs. The number one problem facing most of us is the refusal to see things in an honest light. Our failures are someone else\’s fault. They learn nothing and continue to make the same mistakes. I would think that the 2 most important steps to being successful in anything are to take ownership of your life, and work everyday towards your goals. When we see people in our lives that we consider successful, I believe we find these traits in them all.

By: Avatare

Avatare — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:30:41 +0000

The bst choice there is.

By: Salchi Hansford

Salchi Hansford — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:07:31 +0000

I love the fact that Mark, a billionaire, takes the time to write about his experiences and honest opinions. A lot of times people allow \”money\” to get to their heads and Mark clearly hasn\’t allowed that to happen.
My name is Salchi Hansford, I\’m a 24 year old college drop-out who is an \”in the making entrepreneur\”. I dropped out because I realized that life is short and I had to pursue my passions. Passions being motorcycles, sports cars, planes, movies, and video games. I know I\’ll have ventures in all my passions because they are fuel to the fire that burns with in me. So thank you, Mark Cuban, for your blogs because they give me the opportunity to \”cheat\”/\”learn\” real life lessons, not theories .

Cheers

By: mark

mark — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:41:39 +0000

That\’s a tough one. The key would be \”Know oneself.\”

By: Rob Bresnahan

Rob Bresnahan — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:40:00 +0000

Having started a few businesses that were derailed by partners, it can be dangerous engaging partners. The wrong partner is hard to overcome and once the commitment is made is difficult to undo.

Obviously, whatever you are doing is clearly working for you, but I am thinking that employees (no matter how hard it is to find good ones) can compensate for personal weaknesses without the risk of marrying a partner. One of the struggles we have at http://www.magnalight.com is finding and qualifying good employees. We are able to find good people for heavy lifting (literally) and assmebly, but struggle with other skill sets, including engineering, marketing, etc. While Dallas is rich in skills, the good people seem to go off into their own business, while the less than good people seem to drift from teat to teat.

Any advice on employee selection? Having read through some of your content, you know that in a small business time is at a premium. Screening, selecting and training new people takes a lot of time away from marketing and selling. Given that most don\'t work out, sometimes it is difficult to justify the commitment. More often, you end up wearing more hats instead of struggling with more failed hires. It sounds like you have had different sizes and types of organizations. Mark, what advice would you have on hiring?

By: Billionaire Strategies

Billionaire Strategies — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:39:45 +0000

This post really rang home. I have also made the mistake in the past of trying to force myself to do things that I hated instead of finding a way to let someone else handle them. There\’s a great one hour video on Google where Stuart Wilde talks about hating hardware but being caught up in the \”reality distortion field\” of a small hardware store owner who just loves his merchandise. It\’s a pleasure doing business with people who love what they\’re doing.

By: MungoMungo (Chris Merrill)

MungoMungo (Chris Merrill) — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:55:21 +0000

Mark:
It is interesting that you speak so plainly for someone who has done so well. I have always known about the \”Duck to Eagle\” theory: a duck cann\’t become to be an eagle no matter what is done, however an Eagle can learn to become a Duck if it so desires to. Congratulations on being an Eagle!
MungoMungo.com

By: Ray Shelton

Ray Shelton — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:04:07 +0000

Sorry Mark,
If you knew me you would agree that I hold the title of most disorganized, I never really went to school, I can\’t spell or add a dam thing but I still impress on my children that education is great but it is one\’s inner self motivation that makes it all work out.