We recently connected with Rob Houk and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Rob, thank you for being such a positive, uplifting person. We’ve noticed that so many of the successful folks we’ve had the good fortune of connecting with have high levels of optimism and so we’d love to hear about your optimism and where you think it comes from.
I would have to say that my parents and going to church taught me to be optimistic. Growing up my parents would always tell me that things work out things will be better if you work towards it and the messages that were at church services. Church didn’t resonate with me though and I began to explore my spirituality and work on myself. I learned that when you are positive you can find the lesson in every situation and grow from it. When you let it, the higher power will bring you what you need and are ready for in life, you just need to receive it. The trick is to stay positive, especially when things look bleak. Just remember that it could always be worse then it currently is, there’s something good in every situation, and that things will always work out if you let them.
Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?
I am the owner of 404 Moving & More LLC in Avon Lake, Ohio. We do room to room moves, deliveries, full house moves as well as furniture assembly and hanging artwork. I love helping people make their house how they want it and helping them do the things they are unable to or don’t want to do themselves.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
I would say that the most important qualities/skills are to ask questions when you don’t know, be able to learn from mistakes, and to be friendly and personable. When you don’t know something then its important to admit that you don’t know and to seek help from people who do know and in my experience most people are willing to help you. Sometimes when you are learning something new you don’t know what questions to ask and are bound to make mistakes and/or misunderstand and it’s important to realize those mistakes and to learn what you can from them. Sometimes what you need to learn is not apparent in the moment but it makes sense later when you have time to think about it. Being friendly and personable is important because then you can build relationships with the people around you and they are more willing to help you and teach you when you need it and you can bring some positivity into their lives.
We’ve all got limited resources, time, energy, focus etc – so if you had to choose between going all in on your strengths or working on areas where you aren’t as strong, what would you choose?
I think you need to do a mix of both because if you focus on just your strengths or your weaknesses then you aren’t making the most out of yourself. I think you need to work with your strengths so you can better achieve your goals but to work on your weaknesses so they are not hindering you as much. In the work environment it is important to do a job where you are using your strengths but it is also important to learn how the jobs work that you are not great at so you have a better understanding about how they work which could in turn strengthen what you are already good at or at least you can be good enough to help cover the tasks you aren’t as good at. This way you are being more efficient then if you were to focus on just strengths or just weaknesses.
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