6/9/13

: ARE YOU A CONTROL FREAK?


 Time to face facts; you won’t be good at everything!  In fact, at some things you will be downright terrible.  However the bottom line is……”that’s okay.”
When I got out of the military, (well over 45+ years ago) I managed a fast food restaurant in Rochester, NY and it was staffed with mostly high school boys.  When they acted in a manner that I didn’t like, I had a certain pose and standard verbiage ready and waiting.  I used to put my hand on my hip and state in a loud voice for all to hear,SCREW IT, YOU’RE FIRED!  (And you thought Donald Trump coined that phrase.)
The difficulty was that every time I did this, I ended up working that person’s shift.  And one day I realized I was the one working 18 hour days because that decent employee was no longer there and probably not deserving of being terminated.  In one of my many long and on my feet 18 hour days I did a self inventory trying to find answers to my control freak attitude.
Why did I do that?  One word described it nicely.  FEAR!

Fear of losing control, fear of trusting others, fear of failure, fear that I wasn’t doing well enough and fear that I wouldn’t make a difference.  Needless to say, these ill-fated inner feelings didn’t last long and I learned quickly from my mistakes.
A long time business associate and dear friend, who recently passed away, said to me a few years back, “I wished someone would have told me all this before I accepted the reins as the CEO.  In looking back, I was truly a star performer, but I burned myself out in the process.  And what’s worse is that I burned out or burned off many good people in the run for excellence.”  For my friend his time was up.  But for you, there is still time to right the wrongs, fix the broken, and grow you and the people around you.

So I suggest to you today, take an HONEST INVENTORY of YOU;

Are you a leader or a follower?
Are you conservative or downright cheap?
Are you a team player or just on the team?
Are you a sales professional or a bean counter?
Are you a marketer of ideas or developer of concepts?
Do you make a difference or happy to just get through the day?
Do you give people their just acclimates or are you a glory hound?
Do you relate to others because you care or what they can do for you?
Do you help the people around you grow or do you walk on people to help you grow?
Are you a “know it all one stop decision maker” or do you take the advice of people around you?

As you can see the list could go on and on.  Where do you fall short?  How can you fill in those gaps?  Put your thoughts in writing as they will become more meaningful to you and then act on them.  Fix you and you’ll help fix the scene around you.   Nobody and I do mean NOBODY is capable of being all perfect to all people.  With that said please remember that the “smart” ones empower, get acceptance and accountability and give all the glory to those around them.
May the sun shine brightly on you this week.  If the staff at Client Growth Consultants can be of assistance to you, please call or write and we will respond immediately!

Regards,
George F. Mancuso
George F. Mancuso, CPC 

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