10 Rules for Business Life
A brief primer
Answer the fucking question.
Do not explain anything to anyone unless asked for an explanation.
Always. Do. Your. Job.
Never forget that your job is not the sole purpose of the organization.
Only give one instruction at a time, in person, on the phone, or via email.
Always answer the question that was actually asked, not the question you anticipated, the question you think should have been asked, or the question you suspect the answer will provoke.
Management consists of managing the schedules of those who report to you.
Never hide information from those with decision-making authority. If they make a fully-informed mistake, it’s on them. If they make a mistake because you hid information from them, it’s on you.
No one cares about your opinion.
Don’t expect pats on the back or praise, and remember that your main reason for being there because they give you money for it.
It is amazing how valid point 5 is. The amount of people who have engineering degrees or similar from a good university, so probably have at least 120 IQ cannot answer more than 1 question in an email is just staggering.
I wish I knew about the SSH a few years earlier, now I have good Gamma-dar, but if I had this back in 2018 I would have made far less mistakes starting my business and be far wealthier. The biggest rule for founding business life is run for your fucking life if once you see that a business partner, supplier or even customer is a gamma.
"and remember that your main reason for being there because they give you money for it."
Can't stress this enough. Looking at you office experts and office queens. These people have less of a life than a World of Warcraft player. Oh, we're one big family here, girl you should see what happens when family bugs me.