See the End First

Are you so wrapped up in the day-to-day tasks of working hard that you've never stopped to figure out where you want to go? Maybe you have goals for yourself, your family, your career, your business and employees, but you face challenges in realizing your dreams. Maybe you worked hard and had achieved success, but today's economy knocked you down.

Can you name all fifty states or even all Ten Commandments? How can you remember 282 success principles for business or for life in general? And why should you when there are really only three simple, yet difficult rules for success?

If you'd like to get started, or need to start over, on creating the life you truly want, you can do it. With profound and profoundly simple concepts, this book will point you in the right direction and provide you with a roadmap to your destination.

Learn to See the End First and live the Three Simple Yet Difficult Rules of Success and you will succeed!
- Deciding what you want and understanding what it looks like when you get there is the hardest work you will ever do, but it is the most important work on the journey. You must see the end first!

- If we are too fearful of failure, we can go overboard on the work aspect of becoming successful. We can become workaholics or "successaholics." To be truly successful requires balance. We need to play, not just work. We need to build up those around us and not just our own personal success.

- What is important in your life? In your heart? What gives you joy, when do you feel maximized, alive and energized? Take an inventory of what you spend your time doing. There you will either find your passion or you will find what holds you back. Are you living a life of quiet desperation, or are you marching toward those things you hold dear?

- Sometimes you have to cut off the avenues of retreat to keep your attitude where it needs to be in that moment.

About the Author: Bob Crumley is best described as a serial entrepreneur. A licensed attorney, real estate broker and private pilot, Bob's business interests are as varied as his personal ones. Graduated from Appalachian State University in 1977, Bob entered law school at Wake Forest University at the age of 20. Upon graduation in 1980, Bob became the youngest licensed lawyer in North Carolina. Since law school, Bob has worked in banking, government, textiles, human resource consulting, and law, and has numerous business start-ups, some of which were successful, some not.
But in 1989 with $3,500 borrowed from a bank, he started what has become the largest consumer law firm in North Carolina. From a single office, the firm now has 16 offices with about 130 employees. He has also started a successful real estate development company and a music publishing and recording company in Music City, Nashville, Tennessee.
Involved in the community, he has served as a member of numerous local and regional boards. He has also served on a statewide leadership board, a statewide licensing board, and as co-chair of a statewide commission. He has spoken on business development and success principles across the U.S. and internationally to groups as diverse as lawyers, insurance agents, college students, and doctors.
He is married to Teresa for more than 30 years, has two adult daughters, and one grandson.For fun, he likes to hunt, fish, fly his plane and write songs.