Tag: start ups

When you're given an opportunity to do something, you have the opportunity to take it with the right attitude.

Well, my management style is that you don't treat everyone equal, you treat everyone fair.

We didn't wear many hats, we wore all the hats. We cleaned. We worked the kid's room. We worked the front desk. But in doing that, we knew everybody that walked through our door.

Understand your values, and make sure you're working for a company that has alignment with your values.

I would say a healthy mind makes for killer instinct in business if that's what you're seeking, which I would imagine many people are.

The trick that I always tell people is to treat your employees as you would want your wife, or husband, or daughter, or son, to be treated by their own leader.

Leadership is about developing and influencing people.

Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would end up taking a day off every week, but I kept seeing the benefits accrue. I thought better. I got more focused. I became calmer. My life became happier.

Not everyone is a manager, but it takes a really special person who's committed to being a manager to be effective as a manager, so there's a difference there.