I have had one job interview in the last 30 years. I have only had five interviews in my entire life. I am a very good interviewee. Some call it being a BS artist, but I see it as relaying the right information and leaving out what does not matter. Where you cannot fake it is during aptitude-based interviews. When those came up, I would simply say, “I do not know how to do that, but I am smart enough to learn and hard working enough to learn quickly so I can teach the next person who will replace me when I move up.” That answer always worked.
People say you should not hire someone just because they played sports, and I agree. You do not hire only because of that, but if someone played a Division 1 sport and earned good grades, it tells me a lot. You can also look at the quality of their coursework. Some degrees are easier than others. A lot of athletes still work part-time when they are not in season. When I saw that, I knew I had a winner. Athletes have to put in a ton of work. You just hope they like their job as much as they liked their sport and will bring that same effort to your company.
Putting in the hours was never my issue. Motivation was never my issue. Finding employees with the same drive was hard. To be honest, hiring female employees came with challenges. They often were not the main breadwinner, so if a kid got sick, they stayed home. If their husband had time off for a vacation, you were told when they were going, not asked. If they were under 25 and married, you knew kids were likely coming. I never skipped hiring someone because of this, but I planned for it. I would staff about 20% more heavily with an all-female team to cover the gaps. They were incredible people and incredible workers. I would have been stupid not to have them on my team. It just took a little more scheduling.
Building that schedule and running the hiring process was the most rewarding and challenging part of my job. I took real pride in finding good people and judged myself on the results. I would track who did as well as I thought, who I missed on, and who the other managers liked more than I did. Sometimes I was wrong, and I learned from it. After 30 years, I became a strong judge of talent.
That being said, every once in a while you run into people like me who could talk circles around everyone but did not back it up with action. When that happened, I just moved them into sales. That was their real skill; they just did not know it yet.
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This shows how few domain sales are reported. I know of 5 or 6 this year that went for more than this
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Domain of the Day: EasyRest.com Great name for beds, pillows, anything of comfort
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Dynadot
AI.kids Top name on the Dynadot board so proving all TLDs have value
DeepChain.io Blockchain likes dot io. Although they have been gravitating to xyz lately. Catching bids
LALabs.com A lot of incubators in the LA area. Obviously not SF
BDNU.com At only $120 at press time
XKEF.com When X is at the front it actually makes it more tech and almost into a three letter
Swipo.com I always question. Do I want Swippo (SWIP O) or Swipo (SWIPE O)
AI.gay Same here
WaterHorse.com Means nothing to me but still like it as a brand
HURLS.com. Its officially in the dictionary so there’s that . I little throw uppy
DeepChain.io Blockchain likes dot io. Although they have been gravitating to xyz lately. Catching bids
CarbonTest.com Test how old something is. I’m getting so old this is how they’ll check my age soon
Namejet
LakeHavasu.com The best parties on water. Tie up the boats and anything goes
Safes.com Its a tough ship but there are those who are selling safes online
TemporaryStaffing.com I would assume the same person had both of these and let them expire
TempStaffing.com
SmartScope.com Data or a product with special vision
Bodyshop.org fixing cars or fixing bodies
Indigenous.org Not much profit but a whole lot of good can come with this domain
LookBeyond.com Future and forward thinking
GolfHelp.com Do I ever need it
HiveHouse.com I’ve had a few people try and sell me this even though its at auction. Like I don’t check Namejet every day
MountainHigh.com A lot of use cases here. Outdoors and Colorado cannabis come to mind first
BuildingForSale.com I can see this domain on commercial realty signs
Atom – Active Auctions
TLPE.com Out of the gate with 5 great bids
Artificient.com Great made up brand. Kudos to the registrant
CKYN.com Bidding over 4 figures and reserve met so going to new home
URWU.com Didn’t hit reserve so moved to BIN of $337. SOLD
AgenticPlayground.com At $40 and dropping every day it doesn’t sell
Sedo
ReshapeTheWorld.com Met reserve at $110
EDUS.com I didn’t put this on the list because I didn’t think it would get another bid. But it did
1QP.com These NLL.coms making a comeback
FFXF.com Solid opening offer that met reserve
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ZGD.ai Now the cheapest .AI listing at Sedo at $200
BYB.ai Thought this one was a fair price
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Delta.casino I don’t know sales but feel like there is still money to be made in super premium SLDs in dot casino
Stack.at Not a fan of .at but Stack is a great keyword
Platinum.Casino Here is another
Expiry.live Live expiring domains
Global.cash I always forget about dot cash. Global payments
Verde.es “Green” in Spanish and .es is Spanish
Echinacea.es Echinacea is the correct word in many languages and in Spanish is equinacea
Godaddy Domains with Bids
NTLF.com Top tier letters so should easily cross 4 figures at auction
UniConnect.com I think connection, especially APIs are going to be a big market
MNAG.com More great letters
SoutheastCapital.com Directional + capital have some good sales history
SnowFactor.com Already an indoor ski hill
WNOG.com O for of. G for Goods
SalsaKing.com I would try a bottle of this
BeautyToGo.com everyone is in a hurry. Maybe airport kiosk of beauty supplies?
Cartola.com Car is the driver here
SeniorSmile.com Big market. A good smile keeps you younger looking and people are figuring this out. I think fixing teeth over 60 is a big market
HeroMoney.com Hero is always a great keyword. Exudes helping
CloudDome.com I think security of the cloud when I see this
PrimeLook.com Two good keywords
PlusMart.com Gas plus a whole lot more
Godaddy Names with 1 or NO Bids
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BetSayda.com
BlueSkyMarketing.com
CardsPayment.com
CarTola.com
ChatterPack.net
CloudDome.com
CryptoBite.io
cvmed.com
Darwinism.org
EasyRest.com
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flnv.com
ftnd.com
GeekCosmos.com
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HappyLounge.com
HeroMoney.com
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IsenWorkshop.com
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LearningFromLyrics.org
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macwk.com
MileHighHealthAlliance.org
mnag.com
moti.org
mtnid.com
MuscleCarMuseum.com
Nano4Me.org
nbl.net
NebraskaOutlawTrail.org
NeonSound.com
NeworleansProperties.com
nexsmart.com
ntlf.com
nycbets.com
OfficialWinnieHarlow.com
offigo.com
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OrientGardenRestaurant.com
PassFast.com
PlusMart.com
PrecisionFiber.com
PrimeLook.com
PublicTheory.com
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SalsaKing.com
SeniorSmile.com
SerenityProperties.com
SiliconReef.com
siroprestaurant.com
SnowFactor.com
SocialBusinessDesign.org
softk.com
SoutheastCapital.com
StanfordTerraceInn.com
StarScan.io
StudentCalculator.org
StudyPod.com
ThaiSources.com
ThisIsHemp.com
Tin-City.com
tplinkloginn.com
txapp.com
ucomics.com
ufmh.com
umingle.com
UniConnect.com
utph.com
VipInvesting.com
WholesaleHoldings.com
wnog.com
xwcp.com
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