Infinite nagging

I guess I am beginning to see and feel the real working world now.

Hey peeps out there, if you think ya knowledge and ya degree is what will bring you through life, especially working life. You will be in for a shock.

That piece of paper that you have is only good enough for ya personal file in that confidential drawer. And after you are employed, they will only be reviewed under 2 circumstances. One is when ya boss thinks you are a goner... and he wants to look at ya P file to check if he has missed out some big ass sign that states that hiring you was a mistake and he would like to confirm that he really did made a mistake. The other circumstance when he actually refer to your degree will be only when you are going to change ya jobscope. Basically, if he wants to promote you or give you bonus, that piece of paper is history and nobody will look at it.

Skills are the most important tools to success. Knowledge is important but i feel that if you already have learnt how to learn, everything can be learnt on the job. And what brings you through work, in succeeding at the end of the day are your skills. Ya ability to communicate with your boss, whether or not you can deliver is one thing, but if you cant even convince your boss that you are good, you are basically half way gone.

If you are just good at talking and not being able to deliver, it wont take ya boss more than 2 days to realise that. Believe me, you wouldnt want to be in his "MUST CHECK ON" list. If he has to come to you more than you go to him. Be prepared to get screwed.

You must be very flexible. Regardless of the situation, the problem, or even the people, you must be able to solve things which he thinks you are capable of solving. And being flexible also means you must have the ability to think macro when talking to your boss and think micro when talking to ya colleagues. If you cant get points across or you mix the macro and micro up, ya boss will think you are narrow and you cant go far in life, ya colleague will think that you are talking crap and talking big on theories they do not care or understand. If you can find an optimal point for these two, and settle these two groups of people, you should be safe.

Leadership skills and the ability to be a team player. Basically, i feel that if someone cannot function in a team, that someone will never be able to lead. And if you are a true leader, you can lead from any chair. You do not have to be termed a "manager" or a "supervisor" to display your leadership skills. If you can lead, you can lead from anywhere and you can lead anyone. But if a manager or a supervisor cannot lead, it wont take long for shit to be stirred and ya boss will be there, waiting to screw you cos he probably just got screwed because of ya incapability.

BE a thinker. HAve initiative. BE positive. IF you are always negative about your job, you cant go far and you cant make people think that you are able to be brought far. Try sitting there and waiting for things to happen. I can assure you that one thing that for sure will happen if you do not have initiative will be looming ahead - 1 X screwing session by your boss.

Lastly, sit down and think about marketing yourself well. Simply put: Be the person you think you are and also the person you would like others to think of you as. If you fail to do that, and if people start to think that you are a person whom you totally cannot relate to, you have failed terribly at branding yourself and selling yourself as who you are.

Also, please make sure that you LISTEN with ya ears, not ya head, not with a pre-conceived idea or a perception error of what you THINK you heard, rather, make sure that you HEAR what you HEARD. People tend to interprete things to suit their thinking, rather, sometimes they are just blinded by their own thinking and not listen to others. IF you do not listen to your boss, you will never be happy because you will never be able to make him happy and when ya boss is not happy with you, i do not think that the chances of you being happy is high.

Work hard on working smart. That will do.