Rocket Rule #2

Perseverance is Key

I'm making this a rule based on personal experience. Here are 3 experiences in which my above average perseverance paid off.

1. My job. I know it seems very easy to gain employment at a Canadian Tire franchise, but don't believe the pretty red "help wanted" signs. Canadian Tire does not want anyone's help. I applied six times, called a host of other times, and went in for three seperate interviews. They said something about not being "the right fit." I guess I was a medium, and they wanted a large. So I worked out a bunch with my buddy Tim. I came back 2 months later, and after another extensive interview process, I was a junior sales clerk.

2. My Floor Hockey Championship Trophies. I have three. It's a community league here in my little Canadian town. Do you think those trophies were easy? In case you're saying "yes" right now, I'm just going to go ahead and tell you. No, no they were not. I had to go out there every other Monday night and leave a pint of blood on that floor. I couldn't find my shin pads for the first championshp game. It was murder. But I made those bastards from Kelly's Hardware and Supplies taste my pain. What a beautiful moment.

3. My basement suite. By basement suite I mean "room in basement." My mom tried so hard to get me out of here. I refused. I remember literally locking myself in my rooom for three days and going on a hunger strike. It was tough because she had already moved my bed and furniture outside to the sidewalk. I hung tough though, and eventaully got my furniture, and my dignity back.

So persevere in the face of opposition. There are many who will try to stand in the way of your success. You must have ears of steel. Don't listen to them. Ears of steel and the heart of a panther.

Notes from Strategic Planning Session 1A

This is my strategic planning questionnaire. Of course, having found no useful tool on the internet, I created it myself. You can use it for your own successology if you like. A successologist. That might work.

1. What qualities of a winner do you possess?
What qualities don't I possess? The devastating combo of charm and charisma is probably my greatest weapon in the ensuing journey. My superior intellect will come in handy, as well as my ability to plan and strategize (hence the strategic plannning session). Of course, being good with the ladies doesn't hurt.

2. What are the weaknesses you need to work on?
Ah yes, every great succeeder owns up to his weaknesses. I plan to change that tradition. Weaknesses: none of note. Unless you count the fact that I snore intermittently. Also, I can be boastful when crushing those who oppose me. Like my younger brother Wendel. We were playing a 7 game ping pong series the other day, which turned into a 4 game slaughter (winner: the Rocket) with a smoking wedgie at the end (for Wendel). Ah yes, good times. So to summarize, Weaknesses: None of Note.

3. Do you have a Winning Plan?
Every succeeder has a winning plan. I have a plan. You probably don't. For that reason, along with many others, my plan will not be posted here. It involves incredible feats, brilliant intellectual excercise, some rocking 0ut, and probably a top selling book. If you attempt any of those things, I will know that you have copied my plan. And the rocket will come for you.

4. Have you surrounded yourself with a community that will support you?
You mean betray me? What a laughable question. Even more laughable is the fact that I wrote this survey myself. Of course I have my tight knight compadre of yes men, but "surrounding myself with community?" No thanks! I don't need some group of needy leeches feeding off my success. Friends are for the weak. Personal assistants are where the successologists are.

5. Do you have a Personal Assistant?
Well yes, but no. Wendel is a PAT. Personal Assistant in Training. Also it makes him sound hilariously androgynous. So I call him Pat. Oh little Pat. Not to worry, he will be left behind when the professionals start express mailing their resumes.

Five simple questions you can ask yourself. I recommend doing this survey at least every six months. You owe it to your success journey. I'm sure I'll revisit this survey often.

I've renamed this blog. "The Rocket Rides Again." I think it's a fitting name. I'm thinking of starting a French language one. It would be called "Le Fusil tire encore," which actually means "the gun fires again." But nobody really cares that much about literal translation. And I don't really know much french. So I would pretty much just write the lyrics of Rock Voisine songs for my posts. It would keep everyone happy, and increase my exposure. But we'll put that on the "to do" list for now.

Other items on the "to do" list:
- Eat breakfast (most important meal of the day)
- Take the world by storm

I have the day off work. This is an important day off. A strategic planning day. A day of key decisions and big plays. The Rocket takes off today. Here's how the day looks

9:30 AM: Write blog post informing world of how my day will look
10:00 - 11:30 AM: Strategic planning session (evaluating skills, planning for my astronomical rise)
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM: Lunch (you can't hurry lunch)
1:00 - 3:00 PM: Connecting and Networking
3:00 - 5:00 PM: More networking, but also some grocery shopping
5:00 - 6:30 PM: Dinner
6:30 - 9:00 PM: More strategic Plannning
9:00 - 10:00 PM: "So you think you can Dance"
10:00 PM: Bed

This is the day of a professional succeeder. A "successorist". No, that probably won't fly.

Rocket Rule #1

Say No to Boredom

As part of my rise to the top I'm going to be offering a few tips for success. These "Rocket Rules" will help others hoping to follow in my footsteps. But don't follow too closely.
I will destroy you.

Boredom, and it's cousin apathy are dangerous enemies to the professional succeeder. This is what I have decided my career choice will be. I will turn success in to an art form. I need to find a cooler name than "succeeder". Any suggestions are welcome. At any rate, I have declared war on boredom. When those pangs of mediocrity start striking at my heart, I have decided to immediately do something exciting.

Example:
Yesterday I was working the night shift at my current place of employment. This place, for those of you that are soooo curious that you have to find out everything about anyone, is Canadian Tire. But I am no mindless peon, no sir. I have already achieved the position of floor manager in charge of sports and recreation. Of course, the night shift does not require a floor manager for any particular department, since the store is not open. But that's beside the point.
Yesterday, I was starting to become bored, since most of my stocking work was done. So, instead of being unproductive and sitting around with the other guys (who are total dorks by the way), I decided to do something useful. I practiced my fly fishing stroke. "Rocket, are you sure that's useful? I mean, fly fishing?"

Let me present a scenario to the droves of scoffers that already seem to be besieging this humble blog:
It is late autumn in the Pacific Northwest. The Rocket and his buddies are on a camping trip. They become lost because Terry forgot to bring his GPS (again). "Rocket, what are we going to do? We have no food!" No problem! I immediately bring out my collapsible fly fishing rod and get to work. "Rocket, what is that? Do you know how to use one of those things?" Of course I do, having practiced my skills during those precious "boredom moments." I catch our dinner, and quite possibly save our lives.

Declaring war on boredom could save your life.

I now have a blog. This blog will change the world.

I am the Rocket. My real name is Reginald P. Roslin. Yes, Reginald. People call me Reggie. "Hey Reggie, where's Veronica?" That kind of thing. Which is why I have chosen a nickname. A nickname which shall become my identity.

I am The Rocket.
The Rocket.

Fast, sleek, and agile, ladies love the Rocket. The Rocket is taking off for the stratosphere. This blog is your chance to get on the Rocket ride early. The place you can show your friends and say, "I found this before he did that thing he did that made everybody know who he is." The thing that I shall do is a mystery. But it will be done. And all of America will cry as one voice, "Way to go Rocket!"