HW Pick: Seven Jewels of Success from Dr. Robert F. Smith { A Giant In Our Community ) (499 hits)
Harlem World Magazine Posted on 12/23/2014 by admin
Billionaire asset manager Dr. Robert F. Smith has inspired many with his seven jewels of success and thought we should share them with you. Smith is Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vista Equity Partners LLC, as well as an entrepreneur, corporate executive, owner of several patents, and founder of Project Realize.
Smith shared insights into his business successes with advice based on his faith and upbringing.
His seven jewels are:
1) Dream big
2) Solve challenging problems with elegant solutions
3) Be a student of history but don’t be bound by it
4) Follow your instincts
5) Give people something that they can believe in
6) You are enough and
7) Liberate the human spirit.
He shares lessons learned from history as a means of gaining knowledge from “leaders who took time to understand the world, behavior of people, the sentiments of the times, and strategies for success.” He further emphasized that people should capture their thoughts and inner voice in a journal and take risks. “One of the greatest things about being an American, is the opportunity to take risks.”
Smith’s $7.7 billion is listed among the top private equity firms in the world. Smith founded Project Realize– termed “Free Market Philanthropy”– in order to combine the best elements of the American free enterprise system with the core American ideals of giving back and lifting others up.
