"Success Tactics You'll Never Learn in Business School"

   The first thing you have to realize about business is that rejection is a badge of honor. You don't go anywhere in the business world without taking risks, exposing yourself and your ideas to criticism, and then occasionally experiencing rejection for them. This takes courage. Today what most businesspeople do not understand: that success is based on trust and human interaction.

   Lessons essential to business prosperity:
Your work life and personal life are intertwined. The first step toward success is to understand what you need from you work and career. The second is to understand what you must do to achieve those goals. No one can give you the "perfect" job; you must create it. Opportunities usually show up as coincidences, you must recognize them and "seize the day." Create the kind of career you truly want. Your values show. And values determine behavior and how you behave affects the opportunities people
offer you.

   My principles for success are straightforward: take advantage of luck, talk to people even when you don't know who they are, believe yourself, be proactive but not reactive, be honest and help others.

Akhadeth.