Wanda's Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments of Forty
Things one should do before the age of forty
If you are already over forty - start now!
"The World was my oyster but I used the wrong fork" ...exclaimed Oscar Wilde
Wanda Dorn
Chief Facilitator
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| Wanda's Ten Commandments |
Things one should do before the age of forty
If you are already over forty - start now!
"The World was my oyster but I used the wrong fork" ...exclaimed Oscar Wilde
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| Wanda Dorn Chief Facilitator |
Highlights of Wanda's Commandments
I recommend you learn everything you can about your business or profession by taking classes, attending meetings, doing diligent research, etc. I am so diverse in my interest, I could never get a Masters Degree in all of them. After forty, evaluate and find additional ways to use what you already know, and establish new reasonably sensible sets of goals.
2. Thou Shalt Know Thy Own Style:
Adopt a fashion style that works best for you. Don't try to copy what styles others have adopted for themselves. Know what your best comfort zones are - whether it's in the way you dress; the routines that work best for you, or simply focus on the small distinctive touches that sets your recognizable style in fashion, or your distinctive personality apart from other people.
3. Thou Shalt Have Put Thy Sexual/Emotional Life In Order, If Possible:
Personal problems saps your energy and diverts your attention. Unhappiness is like a destructive disease ... it eclipses everything else. Try and get your life in order. Spend more time alone getting to know yourself better. Get to know what you like and try to eliminate the things you don't like. It is said that you should do only one of the following things per year: get married or divorced; move, buy or sell a home, leave or change your job, enter into or end a relationship.
4. Thou Shalt Know Thy Weak points:
Know, and accept the things you don't do well, can't stand, or won't do well even if it sounds appetizing. If you don't like oysters, stop ordering them just to impress or prove yourself. Get into the kind of work you enjoy, not the job people expect you to be in, or because it's well paid. Join this Commandment with Commandment six.
5. Thou Shalt Know Thy Strengths:
The time you spend getting to know yourself and who you are, you should concentrate on getting to know what you're really good at. Most importantly, get to know the things you really enjoy doing. Identify for yourself the things you do better than anyone else -- and at all times do it better than anyone else. Even if it's digging ditches, be the best ditch-digger around - you may become the owner of your own ditch-digging company.
6. Thou Shalt Have Started Putting Away Your "I Quit" Money:
Put enough money away to live on for a year or two. This has always been the hardest for me personally, because I'm a shop-alcoholic -- no excuses, find a way. If you don't, there may come a time when the only appropriate response to your boss is, "People - I quit!"
7. Thou Shalt Have Successfully Learned to Networked:
Work with people with the idea in mind that it's great to establish a network of people who owe you. Which means you could do favors for others, support them in their projects so hopefully they'll do the same for you. Do it as though it is your own projects. In business and in politics, it's a good idea to establish a lot of people who owe you, creating the network because it is beneficial for your eventual need to know a lot of people in the right places that you can rely on.
8. Thou Shalt Have Learned How To Delegate:
Even if you have nobody to delegate to at the moment, start thinking about it by experimenting with some of the people around you. A person who cannot delegate effectively, they will find themselves at a disadvantage if they are, or happened to have already evolved into a higher position. If you can't command the art of delegation, you may find yourself condemned to remain in subordinate positions.
9. Thou Shalt Have Learned When To Keep Thy Mouth Shut:
This is one of my most dogmatic principles.Don't gossip or talk about your plans or other people. More careers are aborted by careless running-your-mouth talk than by anything else. A reputation for keeping secrets far outweigh the quick and easy popularity gossiping wins you. Believe me, people around you watch you too. My Mother always would use the adage a dog that will bring a bone will carry a bone. In summation, everyone knows a gossiper will be a gossiper. Keep in mind, if they will bring someone gossip, they will take someone gossip. In politics and upper management, secrecy can be gold.
10. Thou Shalt Not Worship False Leaders:
Remain loyal to the person or company you work for! In modern business, the way to the top is by establishing a reputation as a stand-up, trust-worthy person. A reputation for disloyalty ultimately is bound to make you unwelcome anywhere in business. And you can rest assured, that reputation will follow you as your work and life-evolution move forward with you wherever you go.
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