Showing posts with label blog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blog. Show all posts

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Bill Marriott's 12 Rules for Success

One of my favorite reads is Marriott on the Move. The blog is written by Bill Marriott, former Chief Executive Officer, and the Executive Chairman of the Board for Marriott Internationals' Chain. In Marriott on the Move, he talks about leadership and management.



I am a geek for anything organizational development. Therefore, I read any new post almost immediately. His most recent post was amazing.

His 12 Rules for Success:

  1. Challenge your team to do better and do it often
     2.  Take good care of your associates, and they'll take good care of your customers, and
          they'll come back

     3.  Celebrate your people's success, not your own.

     4.  Known what you're good at and keep improving.

     5.  Do it and do it now. Err on the side of taking action.

     6.  Communicate by listening to your customers, associates and competitors.

     7.  See and be seen. Get out of your office, walk the talk, make yourself visible 
          and accessible.

     8.  Success is always in the details.

     9.  It's more important to hire people with the right qualities than with 
          specific experience.

   10.  Customer needs may vary, but their bias for quality never does.

   11.  Always hire people who are smarter than you are.

   12.  View every problem as an opportunity to grow.



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Friday, October 11, 2013

Recap of Q3 and Rest of Year

One of the reasons I am writing this blog is to keep a journal of my crazy doings in my late twenties.


Here is a little update on what has happened in Q3 and what I have on deck for the rest of the year:

Quarter 3
  • I have earned 601,000 points YTD
    • My goal was 500,000 this year
    • New goal is 750,000
  • Tried Carpe Doughnuts (more here)
  • Completed the Chase Hyatt Card Summer Bonus
  • Tried to cancel my US Airways Credit Card, read more here
  • Got Chase Ink Bold Credit Cards
  • Blog Turns 1
  • Anniversary Giveaway
Quarter 4
  • Complete Hyatt 6,000 Fall Bonus  & Southwest 3,000 Bonus, read more here
  • Complete US Airways Mastercard Retention and Holiday Bonus, read more here.
  • Complete IHG's The Big Win promotion, more here
  • Cancel United and American Airlines Credit Cards
  • What credit cards for next application? 
  • Decided My End of the Year Trip
Upcoming Travel 
  • Columbus Day Weekend - Norfolk, VA
  • October - Will Travel for College Football: NorthWestern
  • October - Omaha Mileage Run
  • November - Memphis Mileage Run 
  • November - 10 Year High School Reunion
  • December - Buenos Aires with Mom
  • December - Will travel for College Football: D3 Championship???
  • December - End of Year Trip
Things I am Working On For The Blog
  • A stand along website - almost done!
  • Blog Logo
  • Anatomy of a Mileage Run
  • Maybe Another 31 Ways to Earn
  • Some other things....

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Monday, May 13, 2013

BAcon: Thank You Randy!

This past weekend, we were invited to the first ever Boarding Area Conference: #BAcon, in Colorado Springs, as one of 10 guest bloggers. It was amazing to meet so many people dedicated to the hobby of points and miles, but more importantly, dedicated to making friends in this hobby and sharing their expertise with others. I can fully say that we both walked away with so many new friends and so many new ideas. We will be making a few changes in the next few months to take Do It For The Points! to a new level. But more on that later...

Who we really most need to thank though is Randy and the Boarding Area staff for their hospitality and generosity over the weekend. Everyone knows, or hopefully has heard, how wonderful Randy Petersen is but you have no idea until you spend some time with him. He loves this hobby and he loves everyone who participates in this community. But what is the most amazing about Randy is how much he clearly loves life. His passion, his dedication and his love is always out there and always put forward. Randy, thank you for your kindness this weekend and for everything that you do for this community.

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