The Minor Mistake is Sometimes a Major Improvement

Weave mistakes advantageously into overall pattern.

Many of the world's finest Oriental rugs come from little villages in the Middle East, China, or India. These rugs are hand-produced by crew of men and boys under the direction of a master weaver. They work from the under side of the rug-to-be. It frequently happens that a weaver absentmindedly makes a mistake and introduces a colour that is not according to the pattern.

When this occurs, the master weaver, instead of having the thread pulled out in order to correct the colour sequence, will find some way to incorporate the mistake harmoniously into the overall pattern. In weaving our lives, we can learn to take unexpected difficulties and mistakes and weave them advantageously into the greater overall pattern of our lives. There's an inherent good in most difficulties

Management of Self 56

Excellence in action in an organization is, when employees : Pay attention to the details, do things right the first time, and practice good human relations

People tend to look upon succesful people as they appear to be now. They overlook the many years of hard work, failure, frustations, and problems all encountered, lots conquered all along the way

In order for people to be happy in their work, these three things are nedeed :
1. They must be fit for it;
2. They must not do too much of it;
3. And they must have a sense of success in it.

If you're boss and your people fight you openly when they think you're wrong, thats healty. If your men fight each other openly in your presence for what they believe in that's healty. But keep all the conflict eyeball to eyeball

Management of Self 55

No matter how much work a man can do, no matter how engaging his personality may be, he will not advance far in business if he cant work through others

When you send a clerk on business to a distant province, a man of rigid morals is not your best choice

The businessman is coming to realize that education is to business what fertilizer is to farming

Be moderate is praising a man when he is present, but give him full credit when he is absent

The frog tried to look as the elephant, and burst

The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail

The mob has many heads, but no brains

Great people are attracted to great leaders, great managers end up working for great people

Management of Self 54

The best careers advice given to the young is,
"Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it"

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that is is his duty

Duty largely consist of pretending that the trivial is critical

When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first

You cant hold a man down without staying down with him

Too many people quit looking for work when they find a job

The secret principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated

Working with people is difficult, but not impossible

You cant have everything in one person