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Lesson in Leadership
- Thread starter BuckWild
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I sat down at the Barber's shop a few months ago for a haircut. There was a new guy there who was going to cut my hair. After talking to him for a while, it turned out that he was a Marine and had been in the Korean War. About halfway through the haircut another older man walked in with his wife and son and sat down and starting cracking jokes and being a bit of a smartass in the old-man sense. Very funny and humble guy though. He was a Marine as well....from WW2, and had fought in multiple battles. Pretty humbling haircut day for me.
In Colin Powell's book My American Journey he talks about a job he had as a janitor when he was a kid. His supervisor told him when he started that if he did poorly because he felt it was beneath him everyone would think "well, that guy isn't even good enough to be a janitor," but that if he excelled then people might notice and think "this guy is great, we should see what else he can do."
I'm paraphrasing because I don't have the book in front of me, but I never forgot that part of the book - do your best at whatever you are tasked with and show how good you can be by doing a superior job and opportunities will follow.
I'm paraphrasing because I don't have the book in front of me, but I never forgot that part of the book - do your best at whatever you are tasked with and show how good you can be by doing a superior job and opportunities will follow.
Great story.
In college, I cut grass for a living. That job taught me to 'never shit on the little guy'. People treated me like absolute shit because I was the yard man. Ever since I've done my best to be nice to the people that work the grunt jobs in life. The world needs ditch diggers, janitors, etc.
This story backs up my thoughts on that.
In college, I cut grass for a living. That job taught me to 'never shit on the little guy'. People treated me like absolute shit because I was the yard man. Ever since I've done my best to be nice to the people that work the grunt jobs in life. The world needs ditch diggers, janitors, etc.
This story backs up my thoughts on that.
+1
I've always thought everyone should have to work in the restaurant business at some point in their lives. I worked in a pizza place my senior year of high school and you would not believe some of the appalling behavior I witnessed. Being rude gets you no where.