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Silicon Valley pioneer Ray Zinn, CEO of top microchip company Micrel for 37 years, shows business owners and executives how to lead and succeed by tackling the rough things first. In high school, Ray Zinn's trail coach informed him he was too brief to run the hurdles. Ray had taken this as an issue and, after calendar months of hard training, became the fastest hurdler on the team. That drive and self-discipline is, to Zinn, the essence of the entrepreneurial spirit. It's what pressed him to achieve the impossible: founding a Silicon Valley microchip company - without venture capital - and turning it into a global empire with an enviable 37-yr track record as CEO. Rough Things First, the distillation of Ray Zinn's amazing job as CEO of Micrel, is a thorough, head-to-toe training program for business owners and leaders based on hard-won lessons running a business and in life. Zinn's tough-love way provides you the information you will need to:

• Find your eyesight, set your goals, and make them happen
• Build your business like you'd train your system: with heart, soul, brain, and love
• Grasp the psychological disciplines that will sharpen your target and drive
• Create a corporate and business culture that engages employees and inspires assurance
• Put people first and thrust them to attain their personal best
• Deal with the tough jobs today - and make sure your success tomorrow

Zinn tells you what must be done to succeed in a world where markets are constantly changing, new technology are growing, and small startups 're going head to head with industry giants. He demonstrates how to be a good head and you skill to make yourself even better. He reveals why discipline is the first & most important step - for the business owner and the organization - and just why people are your solitary most valuable tool. He offers functional, no-nonsense advice on processes and procedures, finances and progress creation, changing markets and new technology. But that isn't all. The key to your success, Zinn clarifies, lies in your brain, your system, your vision, and your heart. This e book demonstrates how to develop these interconnected skills, how to incorporate them into your daily life and work, and the way to handle the rough things first. As the trailblazing creator and CEO of Micrel, Inc., one of the world's leading microchip companies, Ray Zinn bootstrapped his company, achieved steady profitability, and delivered a total collateral value greater than $800 million at its acquisition. In 37 many years of leading this publicly exchanged microchip empire, he noticed it through the dot-com bust and the fantastic Recession with only one unprofitable year, relying on his discipline as a head, love as an inventor, and training as an sportsman. In 2015, Zinn stepped down as Micrel's CEO and it is along the way of introducing a Silicon Valley accelerator that will help business visionaries build profitable, long lasting companies.