A friend sent this list to me.
HOW TO WORK BETTER
1. Do one task at a time
2. Know the problem
3. Learn to listen
4. Learn to ask questions
5. Distinquish sense from nonsense
6. Accept change as inevitable
7. Admit mistakes
8 Say it simple
9 Be calm
10. Smile
Cam’s rules
Show respect to to others.
Give the benefit of doubt.
If someone is disrespectful to you, cut them out of your life. They will do it again when you turn your back.
Trust your instincts about clients and friends.
Jon’s Rules (a former editor of mine who passed away a few years ago.)
Always surround yourself with good people, who are more talented than you. You will rise and that is how are judged.
Milton Glasers Ten Things I have learned (this page is worth bookmarking!)
1. YOU CAN ONLY WORK FOR PEOPLE THAT YOU LIKE.
2. IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE NEVER HAVE A JOB.
3. SOME PEOPLE ARE TOXIC AVOID THEM.
4. PROFESSIONALISM IS NOT ENOUGH or THE GOOD IS THE ENEMY OF THE GREAT
5. LESS IS NOT NECESSARILY MORE
6. STYLE IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED
7. HOW YOU LIVE CHANGES YOUR BRAIN
8. DOUBT IS BETTER THAN CERTAINTY
9. ON AGING (delightful paragraph)
10. TELL THE TRUTH.
(The rabbit joke is relevant because it occurred to me that looking for a cabbage in a butcher’s shop might be like looking for ethics in the design field…..)