Chapter 81. Act and Talk As If You Are One of Them
“My mother said to me, “If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general; if you become a monk, you’ll end up as the Pope.” Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.” | ||
| --Pablo Picasso | ||
Okay, before you actually become one of them, you should be practicing to become one of them. If you are a junior manager, you should be studying the way middle managers walk and talk and be ready to become one. If you are a middle manager, you should be acting and talking as if you were already a senior manager. And on, right up to the top.
“IF YOU ARE A MIDDLE MANAGER, YOU SHOULD BE ACTING AND TALKING AS IF YOU WERE ALREADY A SENIOR MANAGER.” |
When I first became a managing director of a company, I almost forgot ...
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