The top 10 business lessons

Here are the top 10 business lessons I've learned:

1. Manage expectations -- promise small, deliver big.

2. The blueprint for success is already there. Follow what the top achievers in your firm and the top achievers in history have done.

3. Learn everything you can about your industry, product and service.

4. Take action, double your rate of failure and learn a lesson from every mistake.

5. Be the hardest working person you know.

6. Treat everyone you meet and work with like they are the CEO.

7. Small businesses and corporate America both struggle to retain top talent and overachievers.

8. Asks great open ended questions. Study how to asks great questions and communicate effectively.

9. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” Jim Rohn

10. Attitude is everything!