Business advice: Proceed until apprehended
After graduating from engineering school and beginning work in the high-tech world, I eventually learned numerous things. Among them:
1. Calibrate your people — just because someone is well educated, it doesn’t mean that he knows everything.
2. Listening is more important than talking.
3. Always tell the truth.
These are three of the most powerful tips that I can contribute. However, my favorite tip is: Proceed until apprehended (which really just means “be proactive whenever you have a chance”). This tip will make possible the impossible.
A couple of years ago, I decided to document my favorite management and problem-solving tools, and I published the result, called “Famous by Friday.”
Jim Breese, Avila Beach
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This story was originally published October 19, 2016 at 9:29 PM with the headline "Business advice: Proceed until apprehended."