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Post by David Wyld on May 25, 2013 18:56:29 GMT -6
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Post by kayminix on Jun 8, 2013 23:36:03 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Don't Take Advice From Golfers If You Want To Play Baseball
After deciding what you want to do with your life, or what you want to accomplish in the long run, I think that it is so important to do some research in your career. Find the people around you who are doing exactly what you want to do as well. Learn from their mistakes, and see how their business works. Just as this article says, it is important that you pick the right people to ask questions to! As long as you ask the right people it can be a really good coaching and mentoring tool to make you successful in your business.
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Post by jalesianelson on Jun 9, 2013 10:19:01 GMT -6
Instant MBA: Don’t Take Advice from Golfers If You Want to Play Baseball
This article was nothing less than fantastic. When seeking career advice, why do we tend to turn to those who know nothing about the career? Because it is very convenient for us. You can’t expect prosper at anything, especially in a career, if you are consistently taking advice from those whose advice doesn’t count. At the moment, it may seem like the people you’re surrounded by advice is accurate, but it really isn’t. Venturing out and seeking advice from those who are successful that are in the field you are planning to enter is the best option. I am not saying not to take other people’s advice into consideration because what they are saying may be logic, but I am saying don’t be too quick to jump the gun off of what those around you are saying. Do your own research on the career and actually talk to someone in the field, that way he/she can tell you what to expect. Be prepared to ask as many questions as possible that way you can learn from their mistakes and take a different approach.
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Post by maryhilse12 on Jun 10, 2013 10:58:09 GMT -6
Instant MBA: Don'e Become An Overbearing Boss
This article makes a good point about the importance of not being to overbearing. Bosses hire qualified managers to run parts of the company, and need to let them do that. If you are always watching over your staff, you need to get new staff. You should be meeting with the managers weekly or monthly, depending on project, to monitor the progress of the project. But let the manager do his job, this is why you hired them. Not checking in with your staff is just as bad as overbearing. You need to monitor your company, no matter who you have in place to run the projects. This keeps you engaged in the company's well-being.
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Post by franklinvazquez on Jun 10, 2013 11:08:50 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: 'Don't Take Advice From Golfers If You Want To Play Baseball'
Every time I need advice, I always try to find the right people to do so. For instance, when I decided to leave my country to study abroad and better myself, I talked to people who had done the same to know about their experience studying abroad. Many people tried to advise me regarding leaving my home country; however, most of them were not really useful to help me make my decision. We always have to be open to listen to what other people have to say, but we have to be careful and follow the advices that are really relevant in our field or interests, so we don't get confused and lose focus.
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Post by mparrish on Jun 10, 2013 23:22:23 GMT -6
This is so true. In the past, my dad ( a wildly successful venture capitalist) has always been my go to man for advice on everything business. Unfortunately, he's not well versed in the weapons handling and training industry. This man had me running in circles for months trying to get all my ducks in a row for simple risk management and liability. Eventually, I got tired of it, and looked up some of the more successful CHP and tactical instructors in the state, and followed their advice, even through they are not nearly as successful as my dad. Two years later my firm is going strong and surviving in a cutthroat industry, and I have established a reputation of excellence and service to clients that in unmatched by Anyone. I am primed for growth and ready for expansion, and a big key to that was ignoring the protestations of a successful businessman who really didn't know the industry.
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Post by elvia on Jun 11, 2013 10:36:06 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: 'Don't Take Advice From Golfers If You Want To Play Baseball' I find that it is often convenient for us to seek advice from successful people that we know, whether it's a family member or friend. Just because these people are successful in life does not mean there advice will lead you down the right path to becoming successful, especially if that person is working in a completely different field. I agree with this article 100%. Someone who wants to be a baseball player can't expect to get game advice from someone who plays golf and vice versa. That's like a future surgeon seeking advice from a car salesman! It is important for us to leave our "comfort zones" and reach out to people in our fields to seek the right advice. It is also important not only to seek advice from people in our field, but also people who are successful in our field.
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Post by kylekling on Jun 11, 2013 15:58:41 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: 'Don't Take Advice From Golfers If You Want To Play Baseball'
Not all advice is good advice. If your taking advice from someone who is in a completely different field than you, then how do you know they are giving helpful advice? You need to look and ask for advice from people in the same field because they know exactly the trials and tribulations you must go through to succeed in that particular field. Just because someone is successful in another field, doesn't mean what they did will yield the same results in your field.
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Post by scotthunt13 on Jun 11, 2013 17:13:30 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: 'Don't Take Advice From Golfers If You Want To Play Baseball'
I think it's okay to take advice from a successful person in any field if you just want some starter tips, but you shouldn't continue to receive advice from that person when you know you want to do something different. It's easy for someone to tell you what you should do when it's not their area of expertise; if you fail then it doesn't affect them in any way. You need to surround yourself with people who share the same goal as you and that is when their advice will make more sense and drive you in the right direction.
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Post by lakeishabrooks on Jun 12, 2013 10:14:08 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Don't Take Advice From Golfers If You Want To Play Baseball
The statement "Don't take advice From Golfers If You Want To Play Baseball" I agree and disagree with. I believe if you are trying to start a business or anything you can take advice from any person that is doing the same thing even in a different field. It might take the same thing it did for them to get started for you to get started but once you get really into what you want to do then you can start seeking advice from someone in your exact field. Sometimes inspirations come from someone doing something totally different from what you want to do.
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Post by jacobthompson on Jun 12, 2013 12:16:34 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: 'Don't Take Advice From Golfers If You Want To Play Baseball'
I whole-heartedly agree with this article. When I came up with the idea to open up my restaurant, I started asking my family what they thought instead of asking people who actually owned or ran an existing restaurant. I soon realized that I needed to reach out and get as much advice/experience as I could from people in the business and in the end it paid off tremendously. Although I sold my business, I will never regret the steps that I took to get it established.
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Post by melissacantrell on Jun 12, 2013 12:19:18 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Don't Take Advice From Golfers If You Want To Play Baseball
I think the article stresses a key idea of taking advice from those that can best give it you. Whenever I want to discuss my future business plans, I don't go to my mother who is a teacher, I go to my uncle who has opened and ran several successful businesses. He has opened up bars/restaurants, and that is also the type of small business that I hope to one day open. I find that taking advice from someone like him and shadowing him in his day to day operations will prove most beneficial to me in my future endeavors. I do not think that taking advice from someone outside of the business world or even someone in the business world but in a different type of business would benefit me nearly as much, if it all.
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Post by neilthompson on Jun 12, 2013 15:19:41 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Don't Take Advice From Golfers If You Want To Play Baseball
I found this article very interesting. I had never actually heard it put this way, but it is true. If you want to get good sound advice, you need to find someone that has taken the same journey that you are taking. Anyone can give advice, but you will learn more by taking advice from someone that understands the experiences that you are facing and they have worked through them before.
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Post by hayleymcglothren on Jun 12, 2013 15:23:15 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Don't Take Advice From Golfers If You Want To Play Baseball
This article couldn't have been any better said. Someone who doesn't deal with the type of career your looking for cannot possibly understand what it will take to be successful in that type of career. There is no better experience in my opinion, than to walk in that persons shoes. You have to know something about what a person is interested in just to be able to see things from their perspective. How can someone tell an electrician what wires to put together when they have no clue what color wires can touch without causing a fire or shorting something out. Seek out people who are in the same profession you are interested in because they can generally tell you what needs to be done in order to advance in your career.
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Post by mda1287 on Jun 12, 2013 22:10:14 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: 'Don't Take Advice From Golfers If You Want To Play Baseball'
Personally, I wouldn't take advice from a mechanical engineer if I wanted to be an accountant. There are many fields and thousands of people, including my mother and my brother who are accountants, that I would be able to properly take my advice from. Although getting information from a manager would be good even though it doesn't directly relate to my career in the first place.
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