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44 “Secrets” and “Clever Strategies” For Dealing with the Recession of 2008-XXXX
Geplaatst: November 10th, 2011, 12:04pm CET
pspan class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"spana href="http://www.tompeters.com"img src="http://www.dutchsalesblog.nl/storage/general/pursueexcellence.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1320924387005" alt="" //a/span/span/p ol liYou come earlier./li liYou leave later./li liYou work harder./li liYou may well work for less; and, if so, you adapt to the untoward circumstances with a smilemdash;even if it kills you inside./li liYou volunteer to do more./li liYou dig deep and always bring a good attitude to work./li liYou fake it if your good attitude flags./li liYou literally practice your "game face" in the mirror in the morning, and in the loo mid-morning./li liYou give new meaning to the idea and intensive practice of ldquo;visible management.rdquo;/li liYou take better than usual care of yourself and encourage others to do the samemdash;physical well-being determines mental well-being and response to stress./li liYou shrug off shit that flows downhill in your directionmdash;buy a shovel or anbsp;ldquo;pre-wornrdquo; raincoat on eBay./li liYou try to forget about ldquo;the good old daysrdquo;mdash; nostalgia is self-destructive./li liYou buck yourself up with the thought that ldquo;this too shall passrdquo;mdash;but then remind yourself that it might not pass any time soon, and so younbsp;re-dedicate yourself to making the absolute best of what you have now./li liYou work the phones and then work the phones some moremdash;and stay in touch with positively everyone./li liYou frequently invent breaks from routine, including ldquo;weirdrdquo; onesmdash;ldquo;changeupsrdquo; prevent wallowing and bring a fresh perspective./li liYou eschew all forms of personalnbsp;excess./li liYou simplify./li liYou sweat the details as never before./li liYou sweat the details as never before./li liYou sweat the details as never before./li liYou raise to the sky and maintain at all costsnbsp;the Standards of Excellencenbsp;by which you unfailingly evaluate your own performance./li liYou are maniacal when it comes to responding to even the slightest screwup./li liYou find ways to be around young people and to keep young people aroundmdash;they are less likely to be members of the ldquo;sky is fallingrdquo; school./li liYou learn new tricks of your trade./li liYou remind yourself that this is not just something to be ldquo;gotten throughrdquo;mdash;it is the Final Exam of character./li liYou network like a demon./li liYou network inside the companymdash;get to know more of the folks who ldquo;do the real work.rdquo;/li liYou network outside the companymdash;get to know more of the folks who ldquo;do the real workrdquo; in vendor-customer outfits./li liYou thank others by the truckload if good things happenmdash;and take the heat yourself if bad things happen./li liYou behave kindly, but you don't sugarcoat or hide the truth--humans are startlingly resilient and rumors are the real killers./li liYou treat small successes as if they were Superbowl victoriesmdash;and celebrate and commend accordingly./li liYou shrug off the losses (ignoring what's going on in your tummy), and get back on the horse and immediately try again./li liYou avoid negative people to the extent you canmdash;pollution kills./li liYounbsp;eventually read the gloom-sprayers the riot act./li liYou give new meaning to the word "thoughtful.ldquo;/li liYou donrsquo;t put limits on the flowers budgetmdash; ldquo;bright and colorfulrdquo; works marvels./li liYou redouble, re-triple your efforts to "walk in your customer's shoes." (Especially if the shoes smell.)/li liYou mind your mannersmdash;and accept othersrsquo; lack of manners in the face of their strains./li liYou are kind to all mankind./li liYou keep your shoes shined./li liYou leave the blame game at the office door./li liYou call out the congenital politicians in no uncertain terms./li liYou become a paragon of personal accountability./li liAnd then you pray./li /ol piframe width="580" height="356" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QCRdfnUSq1M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen/iframe/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/DutchSalesBlog?a=8dHjiHeFv6E:VivQPn5tuzk:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/DutchSalesBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DutchSalesBlog/~4/8dHjiHeFv6E" height="1" width="1"/