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Do you need a boss ?

Some 4 years ago Seth Godin wrote a great post on his blog. I love it back them and I still love it right now. So I will republish it. And NO, is not published just for my people :)

"Do you need a boss?

You don't realize how much you need a boss until you don't have one. Bosses don't always do the following, especially when they're not very good bosses, but here's what we know about good bosses:

Bosses organize your time for you.
Bosses decide what's urgent.
Bosses give you cover when you work on something stupid ("she told me to!")
Bosses pay you even when the client doesn't honor the invoice.
Bosses can be sued.
Bosses create deadlines, and stick with them.
Bosses make sure you show up in the morning.
Bosses pay for the Postits.
Bosses give you someone to complain about.
Bosses carve up the work and give you just that piece you signed up to do.
Bosses give you a role model. (Sometimes one to work against, but that's a different story).

The main thing a boss does, though, is give you the momentum you need to get through the stuff that takes perseverance. The main thing that ends the career of a Free Agent is the lack of a hand pushing on the back, someone handing out assignments and waiting for the deliverables. Who keeps you going when you don't feel like doing it?

If you don't have a boss, you may need to invent one."

You don't realize how much you need a boss until you don't have one. Bosses don't always do the following, especially when they're not very good bosses, but here's what we know about good bosses:

Bosses organize your time for you.
Bosses decide what's urgent.
Bosses give you cover when you work on something stupid ("she told me to!")
Bosses pay you even when the client doesn't honor the invoice.
Bosses can be sued.
Bosses create deadlines, and stick with them.
Bosses make sure you show up in the morning.
Bosses pay for the Postits.
Bosses give you someone to complain about.
Bosses carve up the work and give you just that piece you signed up to do.
Bosses give you a role model. (Sometimes one to work against, but that's a different story).

The main thing a boss does, though, is give you the momentum you need to get through the stuff that takes perseverance. The main thing that ends the career of a Free Agent is the lack of a hand pushing on the back, someone handing out assignments and waiting for the deliverables. Who keeps you going when you don't feel like doing it?

If you don't have a boss, you may need to invent one."

Just smile

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It is the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln

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Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about. - Sam Ewing

Blestemul succesului.

Este extrem de greu sa ai succes. Dar daca ai succes descoperi ca este la fel de greu sa il mentii sau sa ramii in top. Reactia romaneasca ( si nu numai, dar noi romanii excelam la asa ceva) este delasarea. Un fel de migrare de la "vrem sa fim WOW" la vomitivul "las-o ba ca merge asa".

Desi zilnic vad asemenea exemple ( si destul de des in imediata mea apropiere) astazi m-am lovit de un alt exemplu: Kaufland ( cel putin cel din Sebastian) are un succes mare cu vanzarea de mici, cabanos, thuringen,etc la un chiosc la iesirea din supermarket. Oamenii sunt deja excitati ( la nivelul stomacului) de cumparaturile facute si vor o satisfactie imediata : un mic proaspat. Totul bine si frumos dar pe luna ce trece serviciul devine mai prost.

In prima faza au disparut chiflele rotunde. Apoi au disparut caserolele de plastic din care nu curgea sosul ( da, acum curge). Apoi au disparut servetelele. Astazi insa am aflat o noua regula : poti primi mustar doar daca ai cumparat mai mult de 3 portii ( regula valabila la comanda "la pachet").

Aaaaaaa.... poftim ???? Mici fara mustar. Calcule de manager roman idiot .

Nu fiti asa de rapizi in a condamna Kaufland ( ma rog, puteti sa ii boicotati cumva daca tot tineti mortis) inainte de a gasi o problema asemanatoare in curtea proprie . Nu aveti una ? Think again.

Oricum.. Kaufland started to suck big time. No big marketing lesson over here. Just plain stupidity.

PS: Nu,Kaufland nu va raspunde acestui post. De altfel singura companie care a raspuns unui post al meu ( negativ) este Starbucks. De asta ii iubesc si mai mult.

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I became a policeman because I wanted to be in a business where the customer is always wrong. - Anonymous

Aristotel vs Andrei Cornea ?

Dilemateca ramine singura revista pe care o citesc ( sau cumpar). Poate pentru rubrica lui Vasile Dem. Zamfirescu ( care in ultimele doua numere -iunie si iulie- a fost wow factor) , poate pentru a scurta sederile la Diverta in cautare de carte (maile ales ca ritualul saptaminal impreuna cu fiul meu mai mare arata ca dupa Diverta vine MacDonald ), poate pentru ca imbatrinesc si incep sa am tabieturi. Habar nu am.

In orice caz o recenzie din ultimul numar m-a enervat groaznic. Fac parte din categoria celor care citesc filozofie desi asta ma face trist ( asta conform sotiei care - culmea ironiei- este licentiata si in filozofie) sau ma nauceste in perioada in care sunt cuprins de lectura ( deci daca ma vedeti citeva zile cam nauc stiti de ce). Deci la Recenzii gasesc "Despre generare si nimicire" a lui Aristotel, tratat pe care nu il citisem si care nu fusese tradus. Ce incantare si ce oportunitate (mai ales ca nici nu este una din lucrarile lui Aristotel des comentate). Asta pina cand ma enervez citind limba-n .... aaa...nu.. recenzia domnului Alexander Bamgarten. Statistic el mentioneaza de cinci ori numele traducatorului adica exact de cite ori pomeneste si numele autorului ( Hey..we are talking about Aristotel over here !). 

Daca ai citi in graba recenzia ai fi sigur ca Aristotel a scris doar prefata si magnificul Andrei Cornea a facut toata treaba grea. Ca sa citez :
- "Andrei Cornea reia, odata cu versiunea sa la Despre Generare si Nimicire, un mod propriu si asumat de intelegere a lui Aristotel" ( aaaaa.. what ? Adica A.C. nu a tradus un text..el a reluat un mod propriu si... what the ....?)
- "adesea sclipitor si inovator prin contributia lui Andrei Cornea " ( ma, asta a tradus textul sau a rescris tratatul ?)
- " Idealul"salvarii fenomenelor" este, pentru Andrei Cornea, mult mai usor de legat de conceptele corelativitatii generarii si nimicirii" ( hei .. vorbim de un traducator ! A legat el conceptele sau Aristotel ?)

Si uite asa ma enervez si gasesc un mare pupic in c.. dat lui Andrei Cornea in public. People, get a room if u want to share something.
Uimirea mea este justificata probabil prin alaturarea unui traducator cu unul dintre cei mai mari filozofi ai umanitatii. Alaturare care, in viziunea autorului articolului, ii cam pune pe aceeasi treapta !

Inainte sa ma enervez ( iar) si sa trec la imprecatii am sa termin cu intrebarea preferata la Radio Zu saptamina trecuta : " Ba, esti prost ?"

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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. - Albert Einstein