What I’ve Learned Over Many Years Trying to Do the Right Thing by Bill Attardi
As a follow-up to my inquiry about creating LearnersLive.com, I offer the following
- I have to start with what some say is the first commandment of success: Get a good education / develop a skill in something you really love to do and work hard at it. It really is that simple.
- Never worry about your next job……work hard at the job you have and the promotions will come. A sports lesson: athletes understand that the best are playing in the playoff games. They just cannot worry about the next team they may play if they want to beat the team they are playing.
- If you have a manager title, your primary responsibility is to develop the people who report to you…….don’t just manage, teach.
- Critical: develop both your oral and written communications skills at the highest level of your capability. No matter your job or position, your ability to communicate effectively will determine your relationships and your success in those relationships.
- When you are asked to present / teach what you know and give to others. Be sure to entertain as well as inform. In today’s electronic information age, it’s the only way they will listen.
- If everyone agrees with you then you are doing all the thinking. Encourage others to debate the issues and make decisions based on divergent intelligent thoughts. Education happens when you learn from others.
- Love your family and your friends and don’t hate your enemies. Hate gets in the way of doing a good job as a parent, as a loyal friend, as a successful person.
- Never stop learning. It should never be final. I’m learning something new every day, learning more and more as we go through life.
- Make time to read for information and for pleasure too. It really helps to escape the pressures of everyday living.
- Go to church or your chosen house of worship and give just one hour a week to God to thank him for your blessings. It may not have to be more than that. It can be that one hour when you can pray and meditate and feel a sense of calm that refreshes your thoughts and better prepares you for life’s struggles.
- Never retire! Why would you want to stop what you love to do and are good at it?