1. After your first job it really IS "Who you know" and not "What you know".
2. If you are an introvert join "Toastmasters" and learn how to act more like an extrovert. Heck, join "Toastmasters" even if you are an extrovert.
3. Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you
4. But watch out for group-think: Regardless of whether it is in the board room or the construction site, people do stupid things when they let other people do the actual thinking for them.
5. Definitely don't take yourself too seriously. Don't get insulted when others laugh at the goofy thing you just did.
6. Communication is everything. Communicate your problems to others BEFORE they become other people's problems too.
7. Recognize that everyone communicates differently and there will be misunderstandings anyway. Fighting about misunderstandings (who said what and when) will not prevent them from happening the next time, so don't waste your time bothering to do so.
8. Do not get angry while the problem is still not fixed.
9. It is not your employees job to make you look good. Your job is to facilitate their, to clear the way for them to be productive, and to protect them when the personal stakes get too high.
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Date: 2008-08-21 11:30 pm (UTC)2. If you are an introvert join "Toastmasters" and learn how to act more like an extrovert. Heck, join "Toastmasters" even if you are an extrovert.
3. Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you
4. But watch out for group-think: Regardless of whether it is in the board room or the construction site, people do stupid things when they let other people do the actual thinking for them.
5. Definitely don't take yourself too seriously. Don't get insulted when others laugh at the goofy thing you just did.
6. Communication is everything. Communicate your problems to others BEFORE they become other people's problems too.
7. Recognize that everyone communicates differently and there will be misunderstandings anyway. Fighting about misunderstandings (who said what and when) will not prevent them from happening the next time, so don't waste your time bothering to do so.
8. Do not get angry while the problem is still not fixed.
9. It is not your employees job to make you look good. Your job is to facilitate their, to clear the way for them to be productive, and to protect them when the personal stakes get too high.
And my most important piece of grown-up advice:
10. Never mistreat your waiter.