Career
Goal: Be a nice guy
A Facebook status from one of my friends:
Best line I've heard in a while from an attorney in my office discussing an out of town Judge who shall remain nameless: "I could deal with him if he was a competent a**hole. I could even deal if he was a incompetent nice guy. I cannot, however, deal with an incompetent a**hole. . ."
"He's a great guy." "Yea, he's nice guy." "I know her, she's really nice." The other day I heard a variation of this phrase two times then I read my friend's Facebook status. I stood there after reading this and remembered what I just heard that morning then it dawned on me, being nice really will take you far in this life. I believe this so much in fact, that I am convinced that being nice with average to a little above average smarts will take you to the top in your career.
In my own career, I think there have been many times that being a nice guy has made up for a mistake or two. I'm sure you can think of times in your own life where a simple "Awe shucks" alleviated any misdemeanor.
Maybe it's not so much being nice, but humble. Well, isn't that nice....
Goal: Be a nice guy
A Facebook status from one of my friends:
Best line I've heard in a while from an attorney in my office discussing an out of town Judge who shall remain nameless: "I could deal with him if he was a competent a**hole. I could even deal if he was a incompetent nice guy. I cannot, however, deal with an incompetent a**hole. . ."
"He's a great guy." "Yea, he's nice guy." "I know her, she's really nice." The other day I heard a variation of this phrase two times then I read my friend's Facebook status. I stood there after reading this and remembered what I just heard that morning then it dawned on me, being nice really will take you far in this life. I believe this so much in fact, that I am convinced that being nice with average to a little above average smarts will take you to the top in your career.
In my own career, I think there have been many times that being a nice guy has made up for a mistake or two. I'm sure you can think of times in your own life where a simple "Awe shucks" alleviated any misdemeanor.
Maybe it's not so much being nice, but humble. Well, isn't that nice....
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