Tag: advice

Train employees well enough that they could get another job but treat them well enough that they never want to. – from Excellent Advice for Living

This one is close to my heart. I firmly believe that you need to find good employees and invest in them. Employees can make a big difference in how well you succeed as well as how efficiently you can run an organization. If you trust employees, you can get a lot done, but takes work.

There’s an old joke that expresses a similar sentiment. Here it is as a quote attributed to Peter Drucker, a well known management consultant.

Perhaps one of the best reasons to train people is time. Time is a valuable resource, and the more it’s wasted, the less you get done, the less competitive you are, and the less your employers earn their pay.

Train them and benefit more.

If you worry about training those that might not be worth investing in, that’s hard to know. Train everyone, but hold them accountable to use that training and improve. If not, cut them loose and move on.

I’ve been posting New Words on Fridays from a book I was reading, however, a friend thought they were a little depressing. They should be as they are obscure sorrows. I like them because they make me think.

To counter-balance those, I’m adding in thoughts on advice, mostly from Kevin Kelley’s book. You can read all these posts under the advice tag.

Fear is fueled by a lack of imagination. The antidote to fear is not bravery; it looks more like imagination – from Excellent Advice for Living

What a neat way to look at things. Most of us have fear. I have fear all the time. I fear illness as I age (or injury), I fear failure at work, I have fear before new presentations. I do think that bravery is just pushing down your fear and continuing on in the face of it.

I certainly don’t think brave people get rid of fear. Maybe they get used to it and it feels less impactful.

However, I haven’t thought about imagination. Though, I do sometimes confront people’s concerns with advice or a suggestion to think it through. It seems often that people afraid of things have too much imagination. They consider, or assign a likelihood score to things that is too high. Most of the time the worst thing isn’t likely to happen, but we fear it.

I do think that if you imagine positively, then perhaps you have less fear. If you look for the good, the opportunity, then you have less fear.

I I’ve been posting New Words on Fridays from a book I was reading, however, a friend thought they were a little depressing. They should be as they are obscure sorrows. I like them because they make me think.

To counter-balance those, I’m adding in thoughts on advice, mostly from Kevin Kelley’s book. You can read all these posts under the advice tag.

Don’t reserve your kindest praise for a person until their eulogy. Tell them while they are alive when it makes a difference to them. Write it in a letter they can keep. – from Excellent Advice for Living

This is something I try to do more. Not the letters, though that’s not a bad idea, but I find myself reaching out with short messages or thoughts (text, FB, etc.) to touch base with people. Friends, sometimes people I see often, sometimes people I see rarely.

In either case, as I age, I realize life is getting shorter and I ought to try and ensure I communicate more with people I care about.

I I’ve been posting New Words on Fridays from a book I was reading, however, a friend thought they were a little depressing. They should be as they are obscure sorrows. I like them because they make me think.

To counter-balance those, I’m adding in thoughts on advice, mostly from Kevin Kelley’s book. You can read all these posts under the advice tag.

Learn how to take a 20-minute power nap without embarassment. – from Excellent Advice for Living

I don’t like naps. In fact, I try to avoid them and keep going, even when I’m tired. I’d rather power through things and then go to bed early and get rest.

That being said, there are some times when traveling that I’ve decided to just give in and nap. Turn off distractions, leave my phone out of reach, and just sleep. I’ve even done that a few times during the work week at home when I’m exhausted. Getting 20-30 minutes of rest can be refreshing.

If I sleep. Sometimes I end up laying there and not sleeping and then I feel like I’ve wasted my time.

This is good advice, and I should follow it more often, not just when land multiple time zones away from home.

I’ve been posting New Words on Fridays from a book I was reading, however, a friend thought they were a little depressing. They should be as they are obscure sorrows. I like them because they make me think.

To counter-balance those, I’m adding in thoughts on advice, mostly from Kevin Kelley’s book. You can read all these posts under the advice tag.