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Advice
July 2009, on advice given in 1975–1977 Late velvet night draws gently in againAnd I ponder quietly in my close denwhat might have been awaiting mebut I heeded advice from thee. Sure well meant, there is no doubt.Those learned views thou didst spoutattempted to show a better waybut simply stole my gift away. Born was I…
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Undisciplined by choice
One of the most disciplined times in my life was at age 13. My father had bought me a typewriter – promised to me if I came top of the class in my first year in high school. I did; so I got the typewriter. Next step: learn to type. Dutifully, I bought the Pitman…
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Success Secrets 06
Taking away systems, processes or procedures that actually work very well can be an excellent way of controlling your staff and ensuring that they don’t show up your inadequacies. Some managers make the mistake of allowing intelligent, innovative, able and proactive staff to set up systems that work extremely well for the customers, the employees…
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Success Secrets 05
Destroy the real expert As a Leader you must always be in charge and surround yourself with those who will support your game. If you’re willing to play a long game you can rise even higher on the talent and success of those who are so absorbed in their achievements that by the time they…
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Darkness arises with the Dawn
Inspiration for this comes from Australia’s Liberal Party, sections of the Labor Party, One Nation, and various others. The darkness arises with the dawn waking with fell purpose bred in festering dreams. Soulless vapour cloaks its empty blackness in a facade of humanity with skin all soft and cream. A suit and shoes, briefcase and…
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Success Secrets 04
“Move Champions” A sign of a brilliant manager is your ability to take a word that can have deep significance to people and give it prominence in your organisation by linking it to projects, logos, “values”, and the frequent use of fatuous jargon. Your ability to force this use of a word on the minions…
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Success Secrets 03
How to run IT Support In order to make sure that your IT support section is successful and is always needed, you must first make sure that your organisation is using software and systems that are going to require support. There is a multitude of ways to do this, so the focus today is on…
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Success Secrets 02
A great way to keep staff under control is to ensure that you reprimand them — nicely, of course — for little things to do with protocols and procedures. This helps them understand the way things should be done and act in a way that helps you fulfil your incredibly important role. Naturally, at times,…