My Uncle Bill is one of the funnier people I know. He also happened to be a very successful Consumer Products executive usually playing the "new products" role. Upon his retirement, he shared a few of his words of wisdom...
- Honesty is not only the best policy; it is rare enough today to make you pleasantly conspicuous.
- The expedient thing and the right thing are seldom the same thing.
- The best way to get credit is to try to give it away.
- You cannot sink someone else’s end of the boat and still keep your own afloat.
- If you get a kick out of your job, others will get a kick out of working with you.
- It is not important that you come in early and work late. The important thing is WHY?
- No one should knock research that has ever been helped by a road map.
- Chicken Little acted before her research was complete. The competition ate her up.
- A New Products person who can’t take a lot of punches had better win in the first round.
- A man/woman of stature has no need of status.
- Never trust a person who is Dr. Jekyll to those above him and Mr./Ms. Hyde to those under him.
- You learn more from your defeats than from your victories.
- Few people are successful unless a lot of other people want them to be.
- Folks who think they must always speak the truth overlook another good choice...silence!
2 comments:
Nice list, but I wonder if such a list really helps anyone. It seems that I truly understand these items only if I already agree with them, only if I have the life experience that has tought me that they are true. Otherwise, I may read them and think I understand them, but have not done that really.
I find that examples help me understand much better.
This is an old post, thus my comment may be unnecessary--but, I want to make it in response to the question of whether or not such lists are helpful:
Yes, I think they are, particularly for those who are working to improve and grow personally and professionally. One or two sentences can often have the instant impact that a scenario or example cannot.
Many people have trouble adaptaing examples to their specific work or life situations. But, a pithy thought or a short paragraph can reinforce, remind, and provide a new perspective.
I have especially enjoyed THIS list, because it reflects some truths about work life that I need to remember. Thanks! And, if there IS an "Uncle Bill" thank him for me!
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