GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski
If you want a promotion, do the right thing.
If you do the right thing, be prepared to be misunderstood.
If you want the credit, you don’t want the best outcome for all.
If you want to have focus, spend time outside.
If you want to have more control, give it away.
If you want to be happy, want what you have.
If you want to be praised, ask yourself why.
If you want to have focus, get your sleep.
If you want fame, once you get it you probably won’t.
If you want more influence, spend the next decade helping others.
If you want to make progress, demonstrate a healthy disrespect for the Status Quo.
If you want to make a difference, say thank you.
If you want to do what you love, maybe you should consider loving what you do.
If you want to have focus, get your exercise.
If you want to feel better about yourself, help someone who has a problem.
If you want to be more productive, it’s better to be more effective.
If you want to make change, point to the biggest problems and solve them.
If you want to be right, don’t.
If you want loyalty, take responsibility for the bad stuff.
If you want to be successful, same some of your energy for your family.
If you want to make progress, start where you are.
If you want to be happy, you have to decide that what you have is enough.
If you want to preserve your legacy, develop young talent.
If you want respect, be kind.
If you want to be understood, you may not do what’s right.
If you want to do better work, work fewer hours.
If you want to work on great projects, say no to good ones.
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