Best piece of work advice you got?

LOVE the Admirals quote! What an outstanding patriot and man he is!

 

You kept taking breaks though? Back in the day I used to hate the slackers that took untold cigarette breaks…

 

If you want to make money, show up, work hard and save. If you want true wealth, own a business and invest in yourself.

 

Care!

Be intentional!

Communicate!

 

The corollary I’ve been told is “if you don’t have the time (or money) to do it right, how the hell will you find the time (or money) to do it over”. I’m an engineer and I tell my mentees this version. Fits well when details matter.

 

Your job is to make your boss’ job easy.

 

I had a boss tell me that once. I can’t remember if it was a co-op job or maybe even high school job. I use that expression frequently.

 

Never look at the trombones. It only encourages them.

 

When I graduated UF my dad warned me that more than four jobs or so in my career, and I’ll look like a job hopper. When my son graduated university a decade ago, the placement office told him more than four jobs in the first two years and he’ll look like a job hopper. How times have changed!

 

Great thread.

In sales some customers will be frustrating, aggravating or difficult to deal with. They made my job difficult until I was told

"If a customer is causing you problems then that means you aren't making enough money off that customer.

Mark the sale/job up to a point where you will be thrilled to see them....

one of 2 things will happen (1) the customer will buy the job from you at a higher price making you more money or (2) they will move on to your competitors causing your competitors problems".....problem solved.

This has never failed me.

 

“Always do the right thing.”

Sounds simple, but I’ve seen quite a few come and go who didn’t understand what these words meant.

 

I know it is a little off topic but I just thought this was a good opportunity to re-post this.

 

Not after he told me that. I admired the man and felt I had disappointed him. I know what you mean about slackers.

 

Covfefe is for closers.

 

View all promises, commitments, representations, etc with a healthy degree of skepticism.

 

I just thought of something my father told me that I've realized is incredibly true the older I get.

A lot of business is done on the golf course.

 

Never hold company stock. A ton of your personal wealth is already tied to your employer through your salary, don't add to it by holding stock. My first manager at Digital Equipment Corp told me that and he was spot on.

 

That's an interesting one because I know quite a few people that did really well when then stock they had in a private company finally went public. One person I know did so well they retired.

One of my best friends works for Fantatics and has a bunch of stock and is waiting for the inevitable day it does it'd IPO, rumored to be this year.

But I see how that can cut the other way

 

Home Depot created a lot of millionaire employees in the early days.

I agree, though, it can go both ways. I had a friend who retired from a chemical company about 20 years ago, and his company stock was worth almost $1 million. On the other hand, my wife’s uncle retired from an oil field services company and his retirement stock had gone to almost zero.