My dad, Chubby, started with nothing. No money.
No education. No open doors. Not even a dad (his dad died when he was just three).
Yet starting from scratch, he built one of the largest real estate firms, lending institutions and land development firms in Ohio. How? In addition to learning his businesses better than anyone, and working hard, Dad developed 11 Leadership Rules. Today we talk about one.
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My dad, Chubby, was the most focused,
purpose-driven person I ever knew.
He cautioned me often about how easy it would be to fritter away my life.
Chubby’s focus reminds me of people like Joel Osteen. When Osteen was getting started, he devoted 10 hours a day, five days a week, to one singular purpose — writing and rehearsing his 50-minute Sunday sermon each week.
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Chubby warned me that if I lived my life right
it would be filled with mistakes.
Over time I learned that he was resoundingly right.
He told me that my only real risk in life was “you might not have the courage to go for it enough and get it all done.”
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My dad, Chubby, had a way of condensing big life lessons into short, memorable phrases. I lovingly call them Chubby Rules. I’d like to share one of his best:
Chubby
Most of us want to make others feel good. Good about us. Good about them.
That’s an aspiration. The question is how. The answer is NOW.
Dad said when you think something nice about someone, don’t drag your feet, let them know now. READ MORE