Welcome to Darin Daily On Demand, your most trusted resource to help you become better

every day.

Here's your success mentor, Darin Hardy.

So yesterday we talked about the one vital attribute, the one that separates those who

become the exception from everybody else.

The attribute of the three percenters who go on to create extraordinary wealth, security,

and financial independence for their families.

The attribute of sticktuitiveness.

Let me pass on to you the story of Bob Parsons, the founder of GoDaddy.

I think it provides an excellent example and one that I hope will inspire your own sticktuitiveness.

So Bob grew up in the inner city of Baltimore.

He watched his family struggle financially.

After nearly flunking out of high school, Bob enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.

He did a tour in Vietnam and had to be medically evacuated from the battlefield.

He spent two months at a naval hospital recovering from his wounds before he could return home.

In 1984, Bob tried selling some software that he wrote.

He bought small ads, hired an answering service.

After the first day, he called the service to ask, how many calls came and after that ad

launched?

They said, zero.

That happened day after day and he lost all of the $15,000 that he put into the business

it the first year.

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