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Buddies
Dane Cook is funny.
So, after a week of "tour-recovery" (which is more or less getting some sort of sleep schedule again), I'm back in the groove of doing stuff. By "stuff" I mean "holy crap I have stuff to do let's make a list and uhm, do that stuff that is on the list so I can get done with stuff."
Yup.
Making tour posters and flyers for The Dumb once all those tour dates are in (should be any day now). Then the actual site REALLY needs something interesting on it. I'm thinking all the dumb members might be enticed to come back and like, do stuff if there was stuff to do. Ideas? A few.
Psychostick's site is gonna have a bunch of new stuff soon too - some of them I'm taking directly from Pluh.com. Which ones? Can't tell ya. Pluh.com will be taking a completely new turn once I ah, get to it. Hah, yes - it's all at the mercy of "when I have TIME!" Actually time isn't the issue. It's a matter of getting the bigger fish fried, which is currently Psychostick. Sooooooo... yeah. All gonna be badassery either way.
And that's all I have at the moment. Oh wait, there's this thing that Jawrsh sent to me. Kinda funny - it's something that I used to make a lot of fun of.
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Accountability and you!
Wow, what a tour. I didn't blog once at all on this crazy "Holy Crap We're Touring" tour. Our wireless card just broke down, so... I dunno. Lots of things need fixing when I get back home.
You can view various incidents with our trailer if you want to see how much crap we dealt with. The trailer went through 3 tires, 1 wheel, one axle, and one trailer jack. JUST during this tour. Of course, most of those incidents our manager was driving, so he received a lot of shit.
"Captain Jack-knife 180 Negativeface Roadripper" became his name. Thanks to Jimmy for taking initiative on that one.
We also lost a staff member. By "lost" I mean "let go." I ain't mentioning names or particular incidents, but I will talk about the whole professionalism aspect, which was up and down.
For starters, it's always better to talk to people on the phone about things like this rather than send an e-mail. Sounds like common sense, but we justified it rather stupidly. That was dumb on our part, regardless of how some of my friends argue the point. My defense for it was, this staff member was the type of person that was horrible at taking critisizm of any kind. They'd get real defensive and blame outside incidents even though the job wasn't getting done.
That trait is a BAD one. Accountability (which is the abililty to take responsibility for one's actions without excuse) is so important when you're running a business. Hell, even when you're working under someone. Just life in general.
Let's say, for example, you're working a job that assembles reports for your department. Your sole purpose is to gather statistics and reports and present them to your manager. One day you're in a rush, and you leave the reports sitting on your boss's desk.
When the reports are due, your boss asks you, "Where are your reports? They're late."
You respond, "Oh, I left them on your desk."
He responds, "I never did receive them."
You could easily try to make more excuses. Your boss could have misplaced them, thrown them away, blah blah blah. At this point it doesn't matter - your job isn't getting done. What matters is that you need to get those reports in his hand.
Best response: "I'll re-print them and put them in your hand. Give me a few minutes."
No excuses, no whining, no putting the blame on someone or something else. You took responsibility and fixed the problem.
Excuses and finger-pointing are lame. The people you work for don't care about any of that crap - they care about the job not getting done. They're not paying you to try and weasel your way out of a situation.
Just imagine - someone is working for you and you NEED them to do their part, otherwise your whole business is staggering. So this person starts to fail in many areas, and the excuses start flowing in.
"They haven't called me back yet."
"The copier is out of ink."
"My computer is really slow."
"I wasn't feeling good that day."
"I didn't get a lot of sleep last night."
What do you do? Your business is suffering! Eventually you have to step in and either fire and replace this person or take everything on yourself.
Of course, along with the excuses can come those who get really defensive when you critique them constructively. These types will have a much harder time succeeding in their field. Why? Think about this - how hard is it to approach someone and help them if their defense is always up.
Let's observe the obvious here: People who are like what I just mentioned are not easy to work with. If you're aspiring for success, it's far greater to keep them far and away from your business or even your personal life. What's another obvious aspect? You will never be able to change them. It's just as futile as trying to change a significant other to meet your standards. People you can't change, but you can change your situation for the better.
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