Blog title…
Four Steps to Success!
1. The first step in the Four Steps to Success is to discover your strengths and weaknesses. Not only does knowing your strengths aid in the constant battle against your self-defeatism, but it also gives you an opportunity to truly be egotistical. Which by the way, can be very good for some one with low self esteem.
Your strengths are what is going to get you through life. So spend some time thinking about yourself and how effective you could be if you had individuals in your life that were good at the things you are not. On the other hand, knowing your weaknesses can be often times more valuable than knowing what you are good at. The most common mistake that small to medium sized businesses make with their employees is what I call the “Interview Paradox.”
Employers will hire these people based on the skill they saw in the interviewing process, then become dissapointed with the individual when they don’t perform well while being asked to do things they weren’t hired to do. A great example of this is salespeople. Great salespeoples should never be doing anything but selling. Nothing. Employers should immediately either do the paperwork for the sales person. or find some one else to do it for them. Better yet, find some one who ENJOYS doing paperwork. They aren’t hard to find, especially in this depression we’re in. Good salespeople are rare and should be treated with respect and appreciation, because they do make the company money and money makes your world go round.
On a side note. Yes I called it a depression, you’d be kidding yourself if you called it anything but. When’s the last time you or anyone you know ate good? The only thing that staves off full blown rationing is the welfare system. Hey capitalists, your chickens have come to roost. If you have at all enjoyed what I’ve had to say, then please come back and see us for the Next Step in the Four Steps to Success. Comments are always appreciated where applicable and please direct all emails to jason (@) ocelotmarking (dot) com.
Jason
