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Management · Quotes · Rework
It’s time to quit.
It’s quite easy to lower your head and keep working on what you…you think, must be done. It’s much harder to lift your head and ask “why.” Here you will…
We’ll catch up and surpass them!
In one of my posts I have already written that copying isn’t worth it — you will always be behind the leader. But is it necessary to try to overtake?…
No records!
How should you track customer wishes? You really shouldn’t do it at all. Listen, yes. But after that, forget what people told you. No, really! There is no need for…
Who cares what they’re doing?
Ultimately, it’s not worth paying too much attention to your competitors. Why not? Because worrying about the competition can quickly turn into an obsession. What are they doing right now?…
No one likes plastic flowers.
The business world is full of “professionals” who all dress the same and strive to appear perfect. In reality, they are disconnected from reality, dry, and boring. No one can…
Human Resource Management · Quotes · Rework
Hire good writers.
There is a very good and effective way to recruit. Hire good writers. Those who can express their thoughts well on paper usually have their ideas organized in their minds…
E-business
When you start your own business, especially at first, and then during the process, potential clients may resort to tricks, as…consider themselvesbusinessmen. Imagine that you are a builder and you…
Human Resource Management · Management
The value of experience
What is the value of experience in the absence of alternatives?Imagine you are choosing where to go on vacation for the first time in your life, and you have a…
Political officer
What modern business lacks is party organizers. Like commissars or chaplains in the army. People who provide management with knowledge on how to deal with subordinates, and offer subordinates positive…
Owner and manager
An important, or rather a key, difference between management philosophy in the former USSR and that of the West is that a key manager is mentally equated with the business…
There are nuances.
I wrote a phone conversation script for people. In the script, among a dozen other nuances, there was a phrase like: “May I ask what benefits you get from XXX?”…
From a mosquito’s perspective
The world looks nothing like we see it. Imagine for a moment that you are a mosquito. You process signals from your sensory organs: “heat level,” “humidity level,” “carbon dioxide…
Sea of Blood
My acquaintance is a big fan of cold weapons. He loves them so much that he even cuts sausage with a double-edged hunting knife, which he has in his kitchen…
Sterilization of males
Currently, there is an advanced method for combating insect pests through the mass release of sterile males into the area where pest control is desired. I have always been curious…
The power of the brand
Once, at a very large and prestigious advertising and marketing conference, I struck up a conversation with a well-known figure, the creator of many brands and an employee of a…
Moped.
Ah, rather… mini-moped I used it to go for a ride, and strangely enough, for a purpose. The reason was that the nearest grocery store to the Rusanivski Sady was…
Jellyfish
Pioneer camp Laspi. Participants in the story: I am a seasoned camp counselor, which means I have developed a certain level of indifference, and there are two slackers, Denis and…
Cosmonaut
Sometimes, alternative gifted children end up in pioneer camps. If a child is not socially dangerous and is capable of taking care of themselves, parents should be praised for sending…
Untouchable
A girl counsellor turned up at the camp. Clever and beautiful. A wonderful young lady, and you could see she wouldn’t put out for anyone. But Denis bet Lesha (the…
Das ist kein Feuer!
Tolik was a clever and gifted boy who always tried to invent something new. He had varying degrees of success, but by a genetic principle, the good ideas stuck while…