Charles O

Snippets from an Unrecollected (sic) Source

Posted January 17, 2008 · Charles O

As I am apt to do oftentimes, I took notes of these points while reading an article awhile ago. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the title or source of the article; nonetheless, I think the points are such poignant tidbits of wisdom, I’m taking the liberty of posting them here.

(I have decided not to impose any particular expatiation; I leave it up to the individual reader to do that, based on his/her own context.)

  • Care as if it’s your own
  • Do your daily work with passion
  • Build long-term relations based on trust
  • Dream big
  • Set the right expectations
  • Ask for help
  • Set high standards
  • Know your values
  • Read
  • Plan by outcomes rather than activities (e.g., what do I want to accomplish this week?)
  • Think long-term… increase your time horizon… think of your lifetime as your time horizon
  • Create an annual plan
  • Embrace uncertainty; don’t be afraid to ask for help
  • Engage with a mentor/coach
  • Be relevant to others
  • Lead a volunteer effort
  • Balance innovation and continuous improvement: no innovation is ever complete… innovate, then improve continuously, then innovate again
  • Learn to sell
  • Understand systems… (System: an entity which maintains its existence through the mutual interaction of its parts)… understand the effect of changing one part of any system you’re involved in (organization, project, etc.)
  • There are no free lunches
  • Influence the influencers

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