The Family of Success:
The Father of Success is named Work. The Mother of Success is named Ambition. The oldest son is called Common Sense and some of the boys are called Stability, Perseverance, Honesty, Thoroughness, Foresight, Enthusiasm, and Cooperation. The oldest daughter is Character. Some of the sisters are Cheerfulness, Loyalty, Care, Courtesy, Economy, Sincerity, and Harmony. The baby is Opportunity. Get acquainted with the "old man" and you will be able to get along with the rest of the family.
Leave everything a little better than you found it.
Compliment three people every day.
Watch a sunrise at least once a year.
Remember other people's birthdays.
Have a firm handshake.
Look people in the eye.
Say "thank you" a lot.
Learn to play a musical instrument. Sing in the shower
Be the first to say "hello".
Plant a tree on your birthday.
Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
Keep a tight rein on your temper.
Make the best of bad situations.
Always accept an outstretched hand.
Make it a habit to do nice things for people who'll never find out.
Teamwork
Coming together is a beginning;
Keeping together is progress;
Working together is success.
- Henry Ford
Rule No. 1
If we don't take care of our customers, somebody else will.
Team work is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishment toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
Team - Together Everyone Achieves More.
Goals - No one can predict to what heights you can soar. Even you will not know until you spread your wings.
Learn to listen, opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
Make new friends but cherish the old ones.
Avoid negative people.
Be kinder than necessary.
Never take action when you're angry.
Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.
Don't carry a grudge.
Show respect for all living things.
Give your best to your employer.
In order to realize the worth of the anchor, we need to feel the stress of the storm.
Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
Ode to Liquidity
'Tis the day before payday and all through my jeans
I've hunted in vain for the ways and the means.
Not a quarter is stirring, not even a bit.
The greenbacks have left me. The pennies have quit.
Backward, rush backward, Oh, Time in thy flight,
And make it tomorrow just for tonight.
- Edward D. Fowler
It only takes one more minute to do something the right way.
Every job is a self portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.
Look for reasons why an idea will work, not why it won't.
Strive for excellence, not perfection.
Commit yourself to constant self-improvement.
Be a good loser.
Be a good winner.
Don't major in minor things.
Praise in public - Criticize in private.
Have impeccable manners.
Don't be called out on strikes, go down swinging.
Keep your promise.
Seek out the good in people.
Take good care of those you love.
Don't let the best you have done so far be the standard for the rest of your life.
Let integrity guide your step and wisdom your decisions, not trying to figure every angle for your own gain.
Be careful of the works you say and keep them soft and sweet; you never know from day to day which ones you'll have to eat.
It is not what you walk In with, but what you walk Out with that counts.
Talking is learning, listening is teaching.
Some people find it necessary to make others look bad in order to make them look good.
If it isn't broken - why isn't it - find out why.
Continual improvement is not enough.
Catch someone doing something right today.
One of the most important times to use positive reinforcement is in times of trouble.
The most negative person thinks he is positive.
The only thing a manager manages is behavior.
The winds are always on the side of an able navigator.
Many raindrops make an ocean.
Tangibles should not be value for value.
If you're confused, you're learning.
Interval people wait for something to happen, ratio people make it happen.
Common sense cuts off inquiry.
It is more blessed to give positive reinforcement than to receive.
All good comes to those who wait.
Competent people have the most leisure.
It is better to be a creator of success rather than a fixer.
The road to success is always under construction.
Managers consistently refuse to accept simple answers to complex questions.
So much of what we call management is making it difficult for people to work.
Teamwork is very important.
The expression of our face has a dramatic effect on our entire body and how we are perceived by others.
Immediate reinforcement is most effective when delivered during the performance or immediately thereafter.
Reinforcing only the smallest change in behavior can change performance.
Give feedback on things the group has control over.
Can't control anything without feedback.
When in doubt, stay out.
Responsibility - ability to make a response.
Supervisor's Mission is to create successful employees.
The only thing you manage is what somebody does (behavior).
Wander around with someone who knows what's happening.
Where the attention goers, the power flows.
Youth is wasted on the young.
It is important that others see you as a people person.
Now that I have given up hope, I feel better.
Fake it till you make it.
The difference between same and crazy behavior is frequency.
It's important your positive reinforcement is perceived as positive.
Consistency is the key to punishing.
B+ line supervisors create success of their employees.
Professionals can do the job by themselves.
Whenever you practice MBWA (Management By Walking Around) - wonder with permission.
High achievers set moderate goals.
Don't wait for perfect measures to start measuring.
Make time by pleasures in your life.
The only person you can't reinforce is the one trying for your defeat.
Always create high-minded images with employees.
Listening is a powerful skill.
No learning is possible without feedback.
Reinforcement is an inside job.
Always use high minded words.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
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