A lesson for future bosses

I didn't write current bosses, because I think they are beyond help, so I focus on the people who can be reformed. Sometime from now all of you current slaves will get the privilege of having a slave all to yourself. When that moment comes I want you to remember the following:

Lesson 1> If something makes you angry, don't let it rip all the time. Sometimes it’s needed and helps, but if you consistently blow someone up, what will happen is either your one and only slave runs away or grows extra layers of skin. In both cases your dead, so what’s the point.

Lesson 2> If you have made a mistake, accept it. You will grow in importance in the eyes of your slave. Don't go blame it on someone else, that will just make you ordinary and most importantly, your slave will lose respect for you. That is dangerous because when that happens all your future firings will have no impact on your slave, as he or she will think you are nuts!

Lesson 3> Build someone up. It’s easy to break someone down, easy to keep pointing mistakes, but its hell of a lot tougher to find something good in a job not well done. But it’s important to find that positive otherwise the person will not be receptive to the negative you are pointing out. It’s important to develop that person, to mentor not torment. What is the use if you make someone feel lousy, break them down, all that will happen is they just won’t care anymore.

Lesson 4> Communicate. If you think this just applies to family then you are an idiot. It applies to anyone you have to work with or / and live with. You need to give feedback on the work done, otherwise your slave will feel he or she is sending emails to a black hole. It’s important to let someone know their work is being read and where is it being used.

Lesson 5> Feedback. Always give feedback on work done; your slave will feel you are trying your best to improve them. If you find room for improvement, point it out otherwise it will remain room for improvement. But if you find something well done it’s equally important to point it out. The number one reason why people find it difficult to stick to their weight loss plans is because the results take time to show, so you have to stick it out till you reach that point where you start losing weight and after that you are hooked. Same thing for work life, you need to give negative + positive feedback, otherwise the slave will give up.

Lesson 6> Learn to read what type of person you are working with. If after working for donkeys’ years you still can’t judge a person then really, what is wrong with you? It’s easy to figure out what type of person you are working with. If it’s a shirker, then he or she will shirk work simple, if it’s a hard worker he or she will work hard. Each needs to be treated differently, the shirker with a pinch of suspicion so that they know you’re watching them, the hard worker with trust. If you treat them equally - either both with a pinch of suspicion then the hard worker will hate you or both with trust, then the shirker will take you for a ride.

If this post has reformed any current slave, even one I will be very grateful, because then there will be one less future boss tormenting one less future slave.