You forgot 5. Electrician to fix ceiling fans On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Webster <webs...@carlwebster.com> wrote:
> Now that I am back home, here are the four most important things I > picked up from the business conference:**** > > ** ** > > **1. **Protect your brand**** > > **2. **Focus on what you do best**** > > **3. **Learn personality styles and values**** > > **4. **Always grow and constantly challenge yourself**** > > ** ** > > Protecting your brand goes beyond legal stuff and copyrights, trademarks, > service marks and social media. Protecting your brand also means > protecting your name and your reputation. One of the best ways to protect > your name and reputation is to focus on what you do best.**** > > ** ** > > Too many people in I.T. try to wear many hats at the same time. It may be > time in your career to narrow your focus and concentrate on the skills that > are your strengths. That also can mean finding people to handle stuff that > keeps you away from billable work or family time/relaxation. For example, > bookkeeping, payroll, taxes, contracts, etc. If I could only convince my > wife that includes all the yard work! J**** > > ** ** > > If you try to handle every person according to your personality style, you > will be a failure. There is plenty of info out there on personality styles > and traits. Whether you do four, eight or 16 personality styles, learn > them as they will help you work better with your colleagues, customers and > family members.**** > > ** ** > > If you aren’t growing (learning) in your personal and professional lives, > you are dying. If you aren’t constantly challenging yourself, you are a > wimp. My challenge for me this year was to get over my fear of public > speaking. While I may not be as polished as Brian Desmond, MBS, or Mark > Minasi, I am working at it. I have gone from speaking at zero conferences > to speaking at five, so far, this year. It is nerve wracking and the prep > work is brutal but it is fun once I get past the first slide with content. > **** > > ** ** > > Now that I am catching up on my Twitter feed, I see that ASB has an > excellent article out: **** > > ** ** > > > http://home.asbzone.com/ASB/archive/2012/06/14/so-you-want-to-be-a-technology-consultant.aspx > **** > > ** ** > > Thanks**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Carl Webster**** > > Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional**** > > http://www.CarlWebster.com <http://www.carlwebster.com/>**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] > *Subject:* Re: in-depth AD**** > > ** ** > > I went to a business conference last November and the #1 thing i learned was > to focus on what you do best. I have handed off my accounting and taxes to a > CPA. If a customer requires a formal contract, SOW, project plan, etc. I > hand that stuff off to a fellow CTP and i just do the work. I also dropped > doing anything with Exchange and SQL. Stuff i dont want to do or dont have > time to do i pass on to brian, mbs and asb. > > I now have a very narrow focus doind xenapp, pvs, AD stuff related to the > various types of virtualization and writing. Even with my very narrow focus > i am busier than i ever imagined. > > When i need help on something i dont know i ask the experts in those areas. > > Does that help? > > Webster > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
