Comments on: Are you mentally equipped to depend upon others?

By: Dave Berkus

Dave Berkus — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 22:18:15 +0000

Fred,
“Sit on a rock in Ensenada” is a proxy for a great yoga, spa or Aspen hiking session. Very relevant with all the distractions and noise for a leader or entrepreneur…
-Dave.

By: fred hamilton

fred hamilton — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 20:12:50 +0000

So “go sit on a rock” is not an insult?

By: Michael O'Daniel

Michael O'Daniel — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:44:04 +0000

We all have a “hire” calling, the trick is how you respond to it.

By: Clarence Treat

Clarence Treat — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 19:51:59 +0000

Relying on others served me well as a Fire Captain. My epiphany was not as poetic as a large rock on the seashore, but just a common sense realization.
I didn’t have any choice as to who would be assigned to my fire crew, but I was very much in charge after that. I was lucky(?) that my ego allowed me to recognize that some of my underlings were smarter and more knowledgeable and talented than I, and I saw the advantage of tapping these resources. One of my goals was to use our daily training requirement to bring them to the level of proficiency that they could step in and take over in case another employee was disabled. Another benefit of this training was to prepare them for promotions. This worked very well.
So, you and I both did the best we could and survived our mistakes and benefited from our good decisions. I can’t say I went from Custom Fidelity to an imminently successful venture capitalist but for a guy out of the Arkansas Ozarks, I did okay.
Clarence

By: Frank Castle

Frank Castle — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 17:59:57 +0000

Hi Dave,

Ah yes – Custom Fidelity – recording the Oxy Quartet events!

All the best,

Frank