Comments on: What Management Has Taught Me About Life

By: Effortless Abundance

Effortless Abundance — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:09:31 +0000

Thanks for pointing out that my feed isn’t working, Seamus. I’ll get onto it!

Cheers.

By: EMotivate

EMotivate — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:12:56 +0000

Managment or no, you still have to pilot the ship. Even if nobody is sailing with you. It may be fun to drift…but it is also a great way to get dashed on the rocks.

Something else that I would mention is that it is important to consider the advice and wisdom of those who have gone before. Yes, your situation may be different but you can avoid a lot of hazards if you follow the paths that others followed when they got where you want to go. Even the best skipper has sea-charts.

By: Seamus Anthony

Seamus Anthony — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:33:35 +0000

That Lao Tzu quote really helped me today so thanks. By the way, your subscription button isn’t working over at your blog.

By: Alex Fayle

Alex Fayle — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:01:36 +0000

After two years of hobby-blogging, I’ve turned it into a business. This week I have created a marketing plan with daily tactics to move me forward – taking charge and piloting the ship to where I want to go.

I might not have any employees, but I am my own manager…

By: Effortless Abundance » What management has taught me about life

Effortless Abundance » What management has taught me about life — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:37:49 +0000

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By: Overcoming Lifes Obstacles

Overcoming Lifes Obstacles — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:58:28 +0000

Great Post!!! We are all managers of our own life – even if not managing a company. Love the ship analogy – just as the ship has to change course from time to time, we have to be willing to change course in our life when its neccessary.

By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:40:23 +0000

Another quote – “If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you get there?”

BTW, I also think it’s kind of funny that the captain of the ship analogy is used here, and that PickTheBrain recently published another article with the theme burn the boats =)

By: Shanel Yang

Shanel Yang — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:00:01 +0000

I highly recommend “One-Minute Manager” co-authored by the same man who wrote “Who Moved My Cheese” for all new managers. It’s a quick read and full of great ideas how to be a great manager without letting it take over all your regular work, too. : )

As for being the captain of your own ship, I have a great series called “All About You!” designed to help you figure out the 3 big questions in life that everyone needs to answer to know to steer their own ship into the right harbors:

1. Who are you?
2. What do you want?
3. How do you get it?

Here’s the link: http://shanelyang.com/2008/07/18/all-about-you/

By: janelle

janelle — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:20:13 +0000

great post- I actually just recently moved into a managerial position and can relate to what you’ve talked about here. I can’t remember who said it, but there’s a quote, “If you don’t have goals, then you are destined to work for someone who does.” This is so true. We are captains of our own ships and have a certain degree of control over where that ship is setting sail to!