I have had some rough reminders over the past several weeks about a problem that I and I suspect a lot of consultants struggle with continuously. Keeping commitments (or some might say managing time) and having to say ”no” to some requests for help in order to avoid my own breakdowns. Sometime you are doing people a favor by . . . → Read More: The Power of “no” in keeping commitments..
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Image by Rob Blatt via Flickr The 3rd section of the book and principles 1-6. A continuation of what I’ve learned from Dale Carnegie and the masterpiece “How to Win Friends and Influence People”…. PART THREE – How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking 1. Avoid Arguments, You cannot win “A mind convinced against its will is of . . . → Read More: What Dale Carnegie Taught Me – Part IIIa Share on FacebookImage via Wikipedia The 2nd section of the book and what I’ve learned from Dale Carnegie and the masterpiece “How to Win Friends and Influence People”…. PART TWO – Six ways to make people like you 1. Become Genuinely Interested in Other People As Dale points out, have you seen how happy a dog is to meet you? Can you think . . . → Read More: What Dale Carnegie Taught Me… Part II. Share on FacebookPart III of excerpts from the Field Manual of Sabotage….. (How not to be a good employee or consultant) Part 12 – General Devices for Lowering Morale and Creating Confusion (a) Give lengthy and incomprehensible explanations when questioned (or one of my favorites, don’t answer the question that was asked, answer something else…my kids do that all the time). (b) Report . . . → Read More: The “Anti-Pattern” for a good consultant (or employee) – Part III. Share on FacebookThings you should be doing if you want to be a bad consultant or employee. In other words, here a whole list of behaviors and things not to do if you want to be considered a good employee or better yet a solid and valuable consultant (who is retained over and over again and brings in the revenue). . . . → Read More: The “Anti-Pattern” for a good consultant (or employee) – Part II. Share on Facebook |
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