A few simple rules…

I was recently speaking to a person who was new to their company.  This person asked me to advise them on what they can do to grow within the company.  I don’t think I said anything earth shattering to them.  It was really just a few basic rules that worked for me, I have seen them work for others, so I am sure they would work for them.

• Work hard
• Get in early and stay late
• Don’t count how many days you worked or how many weekends you have worked.
• Don’t bring your life into work.
• Love what you are doing or quit.
• Volunteer for everything
• Be intentional
• Speak up
• Seek solutions to problems, don’t be an habitual problem finder with no solutions.
• Get along with your colleagues, peers, and your boss.
• Walk away from the water cooler talk.
• Work on yourself harder than you do on your job.  The better your attitude and skills are, the better you are as an employee.
• Do what others aren’t willing to do. This is how you get noticed.
• Set your goals with a time line.
• Get your job done and be able to ask for more to do.
• Have the right attitude.
• Show how you can help others do their job.
• Be grateful

The above are rules that must be done everyday.  They are not a sometimes thing, or when I feel like it thing.  They are an everyday thing.  The rules are more of an attitude, a way of life than anything else.

Brian Willett