It’s a Life is Good-ism but is the best advice!

Always listen to what you’re not hearing.

If I may, here’s the url to the example I’m thinking of.

http://www.simplysavingsimplyliving.com/2009/07/rants-on-house-hunting-part-2.html

Rgds,

RB

Rich By 30 Retire By 40

I swear, if more younger folks did this at my firm, they’d be much farther ahead in their careers and win more sympathy from folks.

Best,

RB

Rich By 30 Retire By 40

Working harder is not always the answer. Just like a starting pitcher that uses his best stuff in the first three innings of a baseball game you’ll be in trouble in a career if you don’t hold something back for the later innings IMO.

Expectations is a big part of any evaluation process. Often the person doing the evaluation uses your own promises to evaluate what you have delivered.

A boss told me this as she was leaving for a better gig. As a Midwesterner, I was all about company loyalty and sticking it out… but my industry didn’t work that way. To get ahead, you were expected to job-hop, or even break your contract. It was only when I implemented this advice, that my career started to go somewhere.

I’m in the arts, but this also worked for my sister in advertising. She didn’t believe people would do this until, after 2 years as a scrub at Company X, she was training her own boss, and was the only original person left in her division. She left for a $20,000/yr raise. Two years later, Company X offered her a high-powered position and $47,500/yr more than she’d made with them just 2 years prior. She’s went back, and is into her 3rd year in that position.

I also received an email from an ex a few weeks ago. He just landed a job at the best company in his field, and gives credit to this mode of operation.

>>Incompetent people are threatened by competent people. Watch your back.”

In our always happy, glass-half-full world, we aren’t supposed to entertain such thoughts, lest we be accused of having bad attitudes.

I think most of us find this out after a few short years in the business world. Usually the hard way.

Some years ago I worked for a financial concern that was undergoing significant negative changes. Within two years, me and everyone in my department left the company. Some were fired, some quit, others were forced to quit. Everyone that is, except for the lowest producer! As far as I know, she’s still there many years later.

The cream didn’t rise to the top.

Always act professional.

Someone told me….dress for the job you want, not the job you have! This stuck with me.

I learned this the hard way at my last job and have become a more confident person as a result.

It also led me to think about my goals and not be defined by what I do at my job. If it’s just “what I do to earn money” then getting thrown under the bus by my manager doesn’t ruin my life–or even my day.

>>Don’t just focus on the work. Like it or not, politics and personality are a big part of the workplace.

>>Incompetent bosses are the most prevalent and the most dangerous. Watch your back.

>>Incompetent people are threatened by competent people. Watch your back.

Advice I’ve given:
>>Do your job well, regardless of how you are paid or treated.

>>No job is unimportant, so give your all, whether you’re the janitor or the CEO.

>>Avoid working for people who show no respect for their employees.

>Never work for people/companies who lie or misrepresent their products/services to customers.