Some rules to live by

 

• Pay attention to every detail of the business.
• Think of the whole, not just your part.
• Be prompt – meet deadlines.
• Set priorities – plan ahead, stay ahead.
• Take time to think – then decide quickly. Decisiveness inspires confidence.
• The size of your budget is far less important than the size of your idea.
• How fast you do something is almost never as important as how well you do something.
• Bear your troubles patiently and privately.
• Maintain your integrity as a sacred thing.
• Be polite to everyone. You learn more about a person by how they treat the receptionist than by how they treat the boss.
• Master your moods. Bas attitudes spread like wildfire.
• You won’t earn the opportunity to manage others until you learn to manage yourself.
• Anticipate problems – don’t wait until they bite you in the butt!
• There’s nothing wrong with being wrong unless you won’t admit it.
• Don’t procrastinate – little things can fall through the cracks.
• Be flexible – alter yourself or alter the situation.
• Have an open mind. The “can’t be dones” are the cynics that detour progress.
• Accept responsibility not only for what you do but also for what you don’t do.
• Enthusiasm is contagious – spread it around.
• People who do more than they are asked make the difference.
• TEAMwork produces more than ME-work.
• It’s not how many hours you work each day, it’s how hard your hours work.
• Remember to say THANK YOU!
• Never get too big to do small things.
• Average work keeps the average down.
• Earn the respect of your co-workers by your actions, not your title.
• When people trust you, don’t disappoint them.
• Have more patience than anyone you know.
• Check your ego at the door each morning.
• Share your ideas – they often come to bloom in another brain.
• Be a good listener. And remember that you don’t know what you don’t know.
• Statistics are no substitute for judgment.
• Common sense ain’t so common. Place a high value on it.
• Quality is no accident – high standards should be self-imposed.
• Don’t assume – the only stupid questions are the same ones asked twice.
• Stick-to-it-iveness is a skill.
• Noisy people are like noisy engines – something needs fixin’.
• Work hard and you will succeed.