Analyze this!
Hey everyone,
I apologize, It has been a while since I last wrote any new material. A great friend of mine and someone I owe allot of my success to has passed away two weeks ago. He is a great man and will remain an icon to me for decades to come. Alex, you will forever be remembered as someone I trusted and someone who's taught me a trick or two, I just wish we could sit down over a few beers next weekend and discuss my theories. FUCK DEATH SUCKS!
Alex was a relaxed and intelligent soul. No matter who he met, or what group he was surrounded by, people naturally were attracted towards him, he would have made a great sales representative, an incredible leader although he hated the idea. He never spoke wrong about anyone and has always made people feel great about themselves. Not very many people left out there can have such an impact on their surroundings. He was only twenty eight, and died from a brutal and fatal stoke much like my dad about a year ago. Alex died with dignity and left many loved ones behind!
Before I continue with this post, I want you to learn something I did from Alex, and that's patience along with always finding the good in people.
The office always drags drama, people just love it, embrace it and need it. A good manager payes no attention to this kind of gibberish and are always able to read between the lines. A great customer service representative does the same and puts an end to the insanity.
When you write an email to one or more people, it's okay to write this email while enraged but, never and I mean never click on the send button, click on the save button instead. Read the email several times and understand who it will affect without putting yourself as the first person but instead as the receiver. Re-write it and wait until the next morning where you will follow the steps above, re-edit it and only then will it be the right time to send this email to one or several recipients.
Beyond my babbles above, my little sister asked me to help her with a project over Easter dinner this passed weekend. I treated her like one of my staff and did not deny her dream nor tell her I would help.
I however has under shock that her Boyfriend laughed at the idea and kept bringing the idea down with one word in mind “Failure”.
I gave it thought, entered stats on an excel document, researched the idea, looked at the pros and cons and came to a conclusion. Little sister, you're a genius, only you have no idea what you're doing. I'm a coder a great one and I will help you, but I need you to do one thing and one thing only before I commence your code base engine. I need you to tell me what will make you a success.
She's my sister, seven years younger. I will make her wealthy, but she will lead her new operation to success by envisioning the future and convincing me how she will make this new future happen. This has put a minor setback on my website project for dad, BelecNet.com, but I think Dad would have wanted it this way. Little sister, you will be a success.
Eric
