How To Avoid “Senior Executive Syndrome”
“If your income doesn’t exceed your outgo, you go!” – Chuck Otterson Are you a senior executive? Do you employ one? If so, watch out. You/he may be dangerous to your company’s bottom line.The problem is Senior Executive Syndrome (SES): the tendency for a senior executive someone who has…
READ MOREYou Havent Found Your Protégé Yet?
“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I understand how hard it is to find the right person. Someone as good as or better than you. Someone who can replace you someday. (See Message #107.)…
READ MOREWhy You Should Come to Vegas and Stay at the Four Seasons
“The hospitable instinct is not wholly altruistic. There is pride and egoism mixed up with it.” – Max Beerbohm Im back in this amazing artificial city for an investment conference and some meetings. To my surprise, we are staying at the Four Seasons, without a doubt the best chain hotel…
READ MOREAdding Big Shots To Your Personal Network
“Never refuse any advance of friendship for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one already may repay you.” – Madame de Tencin In Message #170, we talked about the importance of establishing a network of contacts. Whether your objective is to start your own business or climb to…
READ MOREWatch Out For Dependency-Motivated Managers
“It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.” – Seneca There is a certain kind of manager you need to watch out for. He is often extremely bright. Entirely competent. Completely dependable. In…
READ MOREHow Important Is Loyalty In Your Career?
“Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.” – Erich Fromm Heres a question Ive wrestled with for years: When it comes to success, is loyalty a good thing or a bad thing? Should you be loyal to those who have been there…
READ MOREE-Mail And Return Buttons
“Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass.” – Michel de Montaigne I did it again. Copied a “sensitive” e-mail to the wrong person. Its soooo embarrassing. In what I thought was a confidential memo to my partners I characterized someones proposition as…
READ MOREThe Importance of Making Contacts
“I get by with a little help from my friends.” -John Lennon We have talked about how much faster you will accomplish your career goals if you put yourself out in the marketplace and meet prospective partners/employers/proteges/vendors. One of the best ways to get out there is to attend trade…
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Why I Don’t Gamble – And Why You Shouldn’t Either
Why I don’t gamble when I visit Las Vegas, and instead enjoy money and success by placing smart investments that gain me wealth every day.
READ MOREGifts, Free Lunches, Bribery
“Corruption will find a dozen alibis for its evil deeds.” – American proverbOn Friday, we discussed when and how to do and accept favors in a business context. Today, lets extend that discussion to include whether we should accept gifts from vendors.At AG Publishing, there has been a…
READ MOREHow To Pull Ahead Of Your Competitors Through Cooperation
“Competition is the offspring of fear; cooperation, the child of confidence.” – Mark Morgan Ford If you remember the movie Wall Street, you may recollect the character Gordon Gecko (played by Michael Douglas) a viciously ambitious stockbroker who broke every ethical rule and took advantage of every relationship to…
READ MOREHow To Make Friends In High Places
“Shallow men believe in luck . . . . Strong men believe in cause and effect.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life Today, I am going to open a little door into your future. First, answer this question: Who in your industry would you like to know? Whose…
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