Things I know now......

What I know now, I could have used before.

By Rich Burks, President/Owner of 28 Consulting, LLC

I often find myself wondering what it would be like to have the sense and experience of a business person in the twilight of their career, placed in the brain of a newly planted person starting a career. Wow, I think I could have changed the world, or at least tried. Everything earlier in my career seemed as if it was a do or die decision. What if I make the wrong decision. What if nobody likes me. What if I get fired. Oh my gosh, terrifying scenarios. Everyone has or is going through what they feel is life changing activity pertaining to their career. I look back at my career and most everything I worried about never came true. The mere fact I even thought about certain possible events happening seems so funny 20 plus years later. Basic rules of life tend to keep us on the road to success, but if you must create your own road, these should help….

1. Things always get better. Just the experience makes it better.

2. Being smart doesn’t always translate into dollars.

3. Hard work always pays off.

4. You can never be too diligent when it comes to business. .

5. It is not how often you fall, but how fast you get back up.

6. Work should be a rewarding experience, not just to pay bills.

7. Love, live, and laugh.

8. You are only as good as you work to be.

9. Listen to your heart-lead with your brain.

10. A man is measured by what he has given to others.

11. Common sense adds years to your life.

12. Trying to please everyone is the fastest road to insanity.

13. Integrity, honesty, and loyalty are words to live by.

14. Find me a man who can’t laugh at himself, and I will show you a man who is laughed at.

15. We are put on this earth for a purpose. Find yours, and master it.

16. Wake up everyday thankful you have another day to make a difference.

And last but not least……

11. You can never have enough friends, but one ex wife is too much.