Don't Hurry Up For Quick Results

I was reading the famous book "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey. The following paragraph take my attention:

"In all the life, there are sequential stages of growth and development. A child learns to turn over, to setup, to crewel, and then to walk and run. Each step is important. No step can be skipped. This is applied for all areas of development. Even in emotional areas, human relations and personal character. We always try to find shortcuts skip some vital steps to save time and effort and still reap the desired results!

What if you lead you friend to believe that you can play piano at concert hall level however you skills still that beginner? This will only results to disappointment and frustration."

I have seen many cases when a person try to skip a step to get a better position, better state or more money. Just take the time for each step. Enjoy it and don't be hurry in getting quick results. It never work like that.

Got Working Ethics?

Today, I had several orientation sessions at work. One of the sessions was about about the working ethics inside the company. One of the points which take my attention is the general guidelines to consider when you deal and interact with the company clients.

The speaker mentioned a real and interesting story happened inside the company. The company hired a very talented UI designer and there was a negotiation with one of the company clients regarding some deal. Unfortunately, the company didn't close the deal for some reason. The designer explicitly contacted the client and took the deal for himself as a private work. As a reaction from the company, the designer was fired!

It seems a very aggressive reaction. From the first impression, the person has the rights to make the work if the company is not interested in it. However, the speaker think that the employee with this action affected the company image in the market in a way or another. He believes that the employee cause a damage for the company relationships, integrity and profit which may affect the company progress in the future.

After thinking, I believe this is somehow correct. Try to put yourself in the company shoe. You will see that the company need to increase its market share not only for this employee but for hundreds of employees. When you have taken this deal for yourself - and specially this deal which was supposed to be taken by the company - the company has lost a lot of potential to take another deal from this client. I think when you work for corporate or company you became part of it. The company expects some kind of integrity in the employees interactions and dealing with the clients.

Destorting Your Image

One of our colleagues applied for a position in some company. He claimed in his resume that he has some position inside the company he hasn't got yet. The company he applied to asked a reference inside our comapny regarding this guy position. The reference denied. "No, he didn't get the position yet!", the reference person said.

The reference person discussed the issue with the claiming one to understand the reason behinds this attitude. I was astonished. The claiming guy believes he didn't do anything wrong. He said that doing so will give him a special image in the interview and so he can easily get the job.

Weired! If we allow anyone to claim whatever he want and assume it as a normal behavior, we open the door for many to do so. It will be a mess. Even for the person himself, he has started his career with a lie losing the trust of his colleagues even before starting.