Its called My Golden Rule – They say: “We asked 49 business visionaries, collectively worth over $70 billion, what single philosophy they swear by more than any other — in business, life, or both. Here are the secrets of their success.”

http://www.business2.com/b2/web/articles/0,17863,1135174,00.html

I wonder if people really have a Golden Rule. It would be interesting what others might say was their’s, if pushed.

Still pressing on – still being helped by the website

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We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love.

It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

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My Golden Rule

By Business 2.0 Staff, November 28, 2005

We asked 49 business visionaries, collectively worth over $70 billion, what single philosophy they swear by more than any other — in business, life, or both. Here are the secrets of their success.

Interviews conducted and submissions gathered by Michael V. Copeland, Krysten Crawford, Jeffrey Davis, Susanna Hamner, Carleen Hawn, Rob Howe, Paul Kaihla, Matthew Maier, Om Malik, Duff McDonald, Christopher Null, Erick Schonfeld, Owen Thomas, and G. Pascal Zachary.

Golden Rule According to

Surround Yourself With People Smarter Than You Chris Albrecht, CEO, Home Box Office George Steinbrenner, owner, New York Yankees

Remember Who You Are, Not What Brad Anderson, vice chairman and CEO, Best Buy

Make Hiring a Top Priority Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft

If You Think You Can’t, You’re Right Carol Bartz, CEO, Autodesk Make Your Customers Your Sales Force Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce.com

Reinvent Yourself. Repeat. Alex Bogusky, executive creative director, Crispin Porter & Bogusky

When People Screw Up, Give Them a Second Chance Richard Branson, founder and chairman, Virgin Group

Check With the Wife Po Bronson, author, The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest and What Should I Do With My Life?

There Can’t Be Two Yous Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway

The Customer Should Always Be Happy John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems

Don’t Be Interesting — Be Interested Jim Collins, management consultant; author, Built to Last and Good to Great

He Who Says It, Does It Simon Cooper, president and COO, Ritz-Carlton

Treat your customers like they own you, because they do. Mark Cuban, co-founder, HDNet; owner, Dallas Mavericks

Educate and Obey Your Conscience Stephen Covey, business consultant; motivational speaker; author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Get Out From Behind Your Desk Jim Goodnight, CEO, SAS

Learn to Give Back Michael Graves, architect and designer

Only the Paranoid Survive (Now More Than Ever) Andy Grove, former chairman and CEO, Intel

Once a Day, Take Some “Beach Time” Mireille Guiliano, CEO and president, Clicquot; author, French Women Don’t Get Fat

Believe in Something Bigger Than Yourself Carlos M. Gutierrez, U.S. secretary of commerce; former chairman and CEO, Kellogg

Never Bow to Precedent Gary Hamel, business consultant and author

You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man Phil Hellmuth, poker world champion

Don’t confuse luck with skill when judging others, and especially when judging yourself. Carl Icahn, billionaire investor

Conventional Wisdom Is Always Wrong Paul Jacobs, CEO, Qualcomm

Make Deals With People, Not Paper Penn Jillette, magician, author, and producer

Get Your Timing Right Ray Kurzweil, inventor and entrepreneur

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Competitor’s Success Geraldine Laybourne, chairman and CEO, Oxygen Media

Business Can’t Trump Happiness Shelly Lazarus, chairman and CEO, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Don’t Trust, Just Verify Steven D. Levitt, coauthor, Freakonomics

There’s something bad in everything good and something good in everything bad. Michael Lewis, author, Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, and Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life

Share and Share Alike Scott McNealy, founder and CEO, Sun Microsystems

Get Face Time With the Customers Anne Mulcahy, chairman and CEO, Xerox

Choose Your Mistakes Carefully Craig Newmark, founder, Craigslist

Maximize the Compromises Hans-Olov Olsson, chairman, Volvo Cars; senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Ford Motor

Whatever a Man Soweth, That Shall He Also Reap Dick Parsons, chairman and CEO, Time Warner

Never, Ever Forget That You Are a Servant David Neeleman, founder, chairman, and CEO, JetBlue USA

Learn to Trust Your Gut Paul Pressler, CEO and president, Gap

The Next Big Thing Is Whatever Makes the Last Big Thing Usable Blake Ross, co-creator, Firefox

Be a Problem-Solver Hector Ruiz, CEO, AMD

Loyalty Counts as Much as Smarts Srivats Sampath, founder, McAfee.com; CEO and president, Mercora

Hard Work Opens Doors Ivan Seidenberg, chairman and CEO, Verizon

Be the Person Who Steps Up George Shaheen, CEO, Siebel Systems

Those Who Don’t Know Their Own History Are Doomed to Repeat It Ram Shriram, angel investor and Google board member

What Gets Measured Gets Managed Stan Sigman, CEO, Cingular Wireless

Quit Taking, Start Giving Russell Simmons, co-founder, Def Jam Records; founder, Rush Communications

Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail. Eliot Spitzer, New York state attorney general

At the Height of Success, “Break” Your Business Ed Zander, chairman and CEO, Motorola

Business Is Not About Ideas, It’s About Initiatives

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