GOLDEN RULE #7: KEEP ODD HOURS
How tired must Batman be? Up all night thwarting evil, then home only long enough to exchange his bat costume for a suit and tie, before going to work all day as CEO of Wayne Enterprises. Then home again to change into his tuxedo before going to dinner as a billionaire playboy. Then back to fighting crime, often before dessert. This is the price one pays for being a superhero.
Business Superheroes pay similar prices. In The Greatness Guide, Robin Sharma suggests that you should wake at 5 or 6 a.m. and spend the first 60 minutes of the day (the “Holy Hour”) setting priorities, thinking big and contemplating life. The Holy Hour, he writes, “infuses every remaining minute of your day with a perspective that elevates each area of your life.”
GOLDEN RULE #8: BE READY FOR TEAM-UPS
No matter who you are, be it the boss or the receptionist, one thing will always be true: you can’t do it all yourself. Like other costumed counterparts, Business Superheroes often rely on others. And if that is true for ultra-loners like Batman – who has Commissioner Gordon to feed him intel on the bad guys, a boy wonder sidekick to help his cause and a butler to keep his life in order – shouldn’t it be true for you?
Superhero team-ups are such staples of the comic industry that Marvel Comics had the aptly named Marvel Team-Up, while DC opted for the more subtle The Brave and the Bold.) When superheroes’ paths cross, a fight breaks out due to misunderstanding, until the heroes realize they are stronger together than individually.
As Business Superheroes, you need to avoid the initial fight. Unfortunately, when the opportunity to teamup arises, many young businesspeople perceive their potential ally as a threat, instead of seeing the team-up as an opportunity to grow. NEXT: Patrol often.
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