Get Rice: Ronnie O'Brien Rice, Ph.D., Lawyer

What do I mean consistency is the cousin to success ?  There are a lot of people that think you become an overnight success, except the successful. The successful know that what appears to be ‘an overnight success’ took years of working on their craft. To be successful, you have to have a certain high level of consistency. You must stick to your plan, goals, and vision! How many of you guys know someone who is always trying something new and trying something different but never sticks with anything? My point exactly. You either knew or thought of someone in your mind instantly. Now, I don't think it's bad to try something new or to switch it up. However, I think the more times you switch it up and deviate from your original plans, the less likely you are to achieve them. Success can be elusive to some. But, it's really not. Success comes to those who really want it. And consistency is one of the determining factors of achieving success. I wanted to make money to p...

 This is something that I’ve been avoiding for a large part of my life:  Selling . Yes, if you own a business or work for a company, you need to be selling! Why? Because revenue conquers all! And how do you obtain or increase revenue? You increase it with sales. No matter what field you work in, you are doing some form of selling. Yes, you may be a doctor, lawyer, dental hygienist, tire repair person, etc. In all of these fields, there is an element of selling. Selling is the process of getting someone to buy a product or service. Yes, I’m having to break it down like we are in elementary school because a lot of people shy away from this as if it is a bad aura around the subject. I fell in love with selling not because of the money, even though I enjoy it. I love selling because I’m providing something to someone who needs or want it. I tell all of my clients where they are legal clients or business partners, that if it is coming out of my mouth, you can take that to ...

I was asked the other day ‘why am I so motivated about business and law?’ The answer is simple, motivation helped and helps me through my lows in life, my educational degrees, etc. So, what does this have to do with friends ? Real friends will help motivate you in personal, business, etc. When I say motivate, I’m talking about investing in your business, words of encouragements, social media shares, etc. Yes, I’m one of those guys who want to make sure that everyone in my group win! And you should be one of those people as well. Helping others to accomplish their goals is the epitome of friendship. You can have a lot of friends who buy you drinks, take trips with, play golf with, etc. But, how many friends actually invest in your business whether it is a big commitment or buying a $20.00 t-shirt from your friend? I know a lot of times when we think that friendship is just about having fun, but true friendship is about helping each other out during the high and low times of life...

What is transparency? I know a lot of you guys are probably wondering what the hell am I talking about? Whether you are trying to grow yourself, your business, in education, your family relationships, or your spiritual walk; you need to have a certain degree of transparency with yourself and those around you. Now transparency for me is not an opportunity for you to ‘dog’ someone. Transparency is about letting yourself and others know around you what you're trying to accomplish and what it's going to take to accomplish it. Often when I talk about how to get to the next level success, I say you got to find out where you are and find out where you trying to go. Transparency affords a lot of people the opportunity to really see themselves for who they are. And I'm talking about those people who have been degraded all their life by family and friends. I am talking about those people who have been put on pedestals and have fallen. No matter where you are in life you, ...

For a lot of businesses, having a goal is important to its growth. But, how many actually have metrics to make sure they are on target for those goals? The answer is not many. This is not because they don’t want to do it. It is more so because (1) companies don’t understand the importance of having metrics, (2) don’t have the money to set them to have checks and balances to ensure they meet them; (3) don’t have proper repercussions for those who don’t follow them; and (4) don’t have a system to update them.  Yes, this is a lot!   But, if you are in business for yourself, you will quickly realize that you can spend your wheels doing a lot. And some of these things may be important. However, years later, you might find they aren’t all that important. It is tempting to go into the office and just start putting out fires. But, we need to be cautious of doing this because those fires can distract you form the overall purpose. Not having paper towels in the restroom is importan...

I'm hitting you with another crazy blog post! How to stop suffering? The answer is simple: Either start doing something or stop doing something specific. You're suffering because you're either going through something that you can or can't control. So what is suffering? Suffering is something doesn't feel good. It brings emotionally ups and downs. But, there are two types of sufferings: one, is a good and the other is bad. Just like everything in life. So the question to yourself is what should you do to stop the suffering? If you are suffering from something good, you need to do with David Goggins says develop a callus in your mind to continue to move forward. If you are suffering something bad, then you either need to start or stop doing something. You often hear the parable of the howling dog . Someone asked why is the dog howling? The farmer says because she is sitting on a nail but doesn’t want to move. If you're experiencing this right now, find mo...

The purpose of this post is to open a discussion about the importance of Constitutional Rights! And how to appreciate them. Constitutional Rights were established years ago for Americans to have Civil Liberties. It sounds convoluted, but it is something that is important. If you don’t believe me, try to obtain a pistol permit, register to vote, attend public schools, etc. All these simple necessities of life are part of our constitution. So why are constitutional rights seemed to be attacked at some much, especially during election. The answer is simple:   There is not enough people who appreciate them and/or understand them. Even though, human rights have not been equal for everyone for 100 of years in America , the purpose of the constitution was to establish some time of normalcy and standards. Without this sounding like a history lesson, America was form breaking away from Great Britain . And the main reason for this was because of the many immigrants being unfairly tre...

What is flawsome? FLAWSOME : (adj.) A person who embraces all their quirks and 'flaws' and realises they are awesome regardless. Yeah, this is something that is new to me too, but here we are. One of the reasons I wanted to discuss this notion of flawsome is because this is where a large part of the world is moving to. Instead of being stuffed shirts in boardroom, there are people who wanting to be just them. And in business, it’s important to embrace this. Embracing people difference is important because in a world where everyone is the same can lead to intentional overlooking of issues within the company. However, when you have a grow of people who embrace their differences, a company can operate within true potential. Instead of puffed up people who are constantly battling for others’ jobs or parking lot. Allowing people to be them, obviously within a guidance of corporate decorum, we see our strengths and weaknesses as an organization. And therefore can move forwa...

Success is whatever you make it. For me, success is about setting a goal and achieving it. Yes, I know it sounds simple, but you’ll be surprised that many people are living horrible lives because they feel like they aren’t successful. But, yet they haven’t either set a goal or put things in place to achieve them. But how can you be successful without having any goals and plans to get there. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. This is simple and straightforward. So, when developing your success goal, you have to understand your strengths and weaknesses. Because when you are setting you goals, you don’t want to set them so high that you’ll never achieve them. Or set them so low, that you are (1) not motivated to achieve them; and (2) they provide no heavy effort of change on your part. Success is something that you might not be able to determine or measure, but we all know it when we see it. Whether it is the big homes, spending time with your family or vacationing in exotic pla...

How many times have you beat yourself up because you aren’t where you want to be in life? How many times have you tried something, and it didn’t work? How many times have you tried something, and it was a tremendous success and you just stop doing it? All of these questions are ones we all can regrettably understand because we’ve all been there. I know that’s a lot that I just threw at you, but these are some serious questions. For me, I have always been successful in some degree, meaning most of the time I achieved goals that I set for myself. And that’s not a pat on the back for me, it is me laying the foundation for my failure. Because even though I had a lot of success, I still find myself dealing with issues that I’ve previously handled in my previous years. And it’s only because I fail to remember my previous success in business ventures, relationships, and others that I beat up on myself for not being further than where I am right now. Often times, we do one of three things...

How many of you get frustrated with people who seem to have bad habits, others don’t like, and when you see them you walk into another room? Yes, I’ve been that person before; on both ends. It’s not cool to be the subject of others’ conversation, in a bad way. But what I’ve learned is that you have to be yourself and let others do the same. When I say be yourself, this is not a ‘pass’ to talk to others in a derogatory manner or belittle others on their professional decision. When I say ‘let others be them’ I simply mean, pull out the best in the them. Let them know when they have messed up, but also encourage them when they are doing right. As I’ve worked with several large and small companies, it amazes me that amount of time that is wasted by having the wrong person in a job role. I’m all for checking people’s credentials, education level, and experience. But there are other aspects of a person we should be looking at when trying to move the company to the next level. I like wh...

There is always someone who is in need? There is always a guide? And there is this immense obstacle that the main character must overcome. It is amazing to me that so many people get caught up in binge watching movies and television shows on Netflix, Hulu, etc. But I am not too amazed because I have been one of those people. Why is it that television can be so addictive? I think the answer is simple:   It allows you to not focus on the realities of life and you can learn something from them to apply in everyday life. How many times have you watched a romantic comedy and see the result of the story 5 minutes into the movie? Guy meets girl. Guy does something stupid against the girl. Then he suddenly realizes that she is the one for him and, just in the nick of time, he gets the girl before she gets onto a plane to head out of the country.   But I find that there are many life lessons that are taught in movies. For example, The Notebook, played with Rachel McAdams and R...