Can’t remember when was the last time that I got so drawn into the story like with the book I’m reading right now called “A Town Called Discovery” by R. R. Haywood. Recommend it 👍
I wrote about haters and my suggestion to them. However, when someone is just not letting go, then you need to be wary of two things: 1) don’t let them get into your head 2) your success hurts them to no extent, so keep on going.
Oh, and dear parents, check yourself in what behaviors you encourage.
There’s a saying that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. I fear we haven’t learned much, and are seriously toying with the path of repeating it. Again 🤦
If you do something and then blame circumstances, upbringing, genes (!?), or really anything else other than yourself, are you really free? We can’t change what happens to us (you seeing a box of cookies in the kitchen), but we can for sure decide what to think and do about it (eat the cookies, or not).
Anomalies aside (crypto millionaires, anyone? 🙂); if you don’t work over the weekends (yes, plural) at some point in your career, you’ll end up working for someone that did.
There’s a great quote by Thomas Jefferson that fits here: “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”
In people management, things are never black or white. Mostly grey, in more than 50 shades. Make sure you hear both sides of the story before making any decisions.
