The best managers in the world have an incredible capacity for tedium. Process is simply repeating the same thing day in, day out without missing a step. You get bored and tired but still deliver every time.
The reason why people give up on managment and process; the reason systems break down asides from corruption, is that after stuff stops being sexy and novel, people start to take their eyes off the ball.
Real management is what Project Managers call "Management by Exception". You don't micromanage people. Rather you you get them to codify their deliverables into tasks and calendars. You only step in, if there's a threat to a deadline or a red flag.
You know you have a great process in place as well as effective staff, when there are fewer and fewer routine red flags.
The building blocks of process include your Standard Operating Procedures, task calendars, customer/contractor/partner database etc.
Anything that is not written down and backed up; anything that is only in someone's head is not a process.
When you hire incompetent people, you put an incredible strain on your process people and quality controllers. They spend so much time putting out fires and micromanaging adults. After a while, they'll leave.
This is because they spend so much time doing other people's work for them, in addition to their own.
The process people sometimes become resentful because they never get the freedom to grow. This is because they are so critical to keeping things going, that their superiors don't want to let them move up.

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Some of you don't know that I used to be a "jimjim" Christian. I prayed for two hours everyday and would dry fast till sores formed in my mouth. I even went through a phase of covering my hair. 🧵
Sleep didn't come easy because I would eat infrequently. My mother pleaded with me to eat. I would pray in the toilet, because when you live with seven other people, there are limitations of privacy.
One day, I just stopped. I think there's something in me that's programmed against suffering. Anyway I'd had enough of being afraid of God. I didn't want a "God" anymore. I wanted a friend. A person. I desired a relationship and wasn't looking forward to a lifetime of asceticism.
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Stupidity will never be sexy. But intellect is now rarer than I used to give humanity credit for. Excellence even more so.
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The Internet was supposed to be the game changer. it was meant to make talent sourcing easier. Rather, it has given pretenders and liars megaphones. It has enthroned rebellion and a shocking twisting of values.
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THIS THING CALLED AUTHENTICITY | @Beyonce is intelligent. You rarely achieve her level of success without being immensely so. That's why her perfectly scripted public persona puzzles me. 🧵 Image
Almost like she has no mind of her own and lives on a perpetual stage. Like she can't risk being caught off guard. Even when rumours of @sc's alleged infidelity swirled, and a heated elevator video was leaked, her sister @solangeknowles did the fighting, not her.
Contrast @Beyonce with @justinbieber, a mega superstar in his own right. Whenever I think of him, I see a man who has finally come to terms with himself. He accepts it's okay to love Jesus, sex, booze, family, fame and fortune all at the same time.
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"Be keenly aware of how your culture or national identity pre-programs you to succeed or to fail. You can then discern what to do to move up. You might also want to leave." [Paraphrased] - Move Up by Rapaille and Roemer
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Properly separate your business & personal expenses and inflows. Stop using your account to receive monies from 3rd parties anyhow. Keep all major invoices.
Some investment opportunities will be denied you because you can't prove the sources of your funds. Even with crypto, find a way to document peer-to-peer transfers and the corresponding crypto inflows. Just be guided generally.
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The sacred triad of sustainable friendship or relationship:

1. You share the same core values.

2. You receive and communicate information in similar ways.

3. You can speak each other's love language.
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Whenever I hear of how the older generation "sacrificed" in their relationships, I wonder about the following:

1. What had to die for the relationship to survive? (Sacrifice)

2. Who intervened? (Family? Pastor?)
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