Comments on: My First Lessons in Business: What Flipping Burgers Taught Me About The Importance of Good People http://www.businesspundit.com/my-first-lessons-in-business-what-flipping-burgers-taught-me-about-the-importance-of-good-people/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:31:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Murveille http://www.businesspundit.com/my-first-lessons-in-business-what-flipping-burgers-taught-me-about-the-importance-of-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-971 Murveille Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:59:53 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2697#comment-971 Good comments. So much depends on attitude. People who excel in life tend to have a hard work ethic and a desire to succeed at everything they do.Three dealers dealt at a time and one dealer was on break. The table only moved as fast as the slowest and least accurate dealer in the crew. Good comments.
So much depends on attitude. People who excel in life tend to have a hard work ethic and a desire to succeed at everything they do.Three dealers dealt at a time and one dealer was on break. The table only moved as fast as the slowest and least accurate dealer in the crew.

]]> By: Bill Conerly http://www.businesspundit.com/my-first-lessons-in-business-what-flipping-burgers-taught-me-about-the-importance-of-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-970 Bill Conerly Sat, 27 May 2006 21:57:16 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2697#comment-970 My first lesson in dropping in spinnaker in a sailboat race: drop it at the rate that the other crew are gathering in the sail, so that it doesn't go in the water. My second lesson: drop it a little too fast, so that it just barely touches the water, and watch how much faster the other crew works to gather it in. Lesson: don't let workers get too comfortable during the busy time, but let them have a little congratulatory time ("we did it!") afterwards. My first lesson in dropping in spinnaker in a sailboat race: drop it at the rate that the other crew are gathering in the sail, so that it doesn’t go in the water.

My second lesson: drop it a little too fast, so that it just barely touches the water, and watch how much faster the other crew works to gather it in.

Lesson: don’t let workers get too comfortable during the busy time, but let them have a little congratulatory time (”we did it!”) afterwards.

]]> By: alec http://www.businesspundit.com/my-first-lessons-in-business-what-flipping-burgers-taught-me-about-the-importance-of-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-969 alec Wed, 24 May 2006 21:48:52 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2697#comment-969 Excellent article. I think you touch on a really good point: some people don't work hard enough to get promoted because they don't earn enough to warrant their effort. And in that, they get stuck in the same position. Excellent article. I think you touch on a really good point: some people don’t work hard enough to get promoted because they don’t earn enough to warrant their effort. And in that, they get stuck in the same position.

]]> By: CapS http://www.businesspundit.com/my-first-lessons-in-business-what-flipping-burgers-taught-me-about-the-importance-of-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-968 CapS Wed, 24 May 2006 19:05:22 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2697#comment-968 You were VERY lucky to get a boss at an early age that realized good workers are hard to find, and wanted to keep them. There are tons of bosses out there that will never pay you what you are worth. These same bosses tend to wonder why their employees make mistakes, have a bad attitude, and then quit after a few months. In the long-run, most people get paid what they are worth simply because they tend to leave jobs where the boss won't pay them what they are worth. I believe that many workers out there don't try to work harder because they have never had a boss that recognized their efforts. You were VERY lucky to get a boss at an early age that realized good workers are hard to find, and wanted to keep them. There are tons of bosses out there that will never pay you what you are worth. These same bosses tend to wonder why their employees make mistakes, have a bad attitude, and then quit after a few months.

In the long-run, most people get paid what they are worth simply because they tend to leave jobs where the boss won’t pay them what they are worth.

I believe that many workers out there don’t try to work harder because they have never had a boss that recognized their efforts.

]]> By: Sean http://www.businesspundit.com/my-first-lessons-in-business-what-flipping-burgers-taught-me-about-the-importance-of-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-967 Sean Wed, 24 May 2006 18:29:04 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2697#comment-967 Thanks for this thought-provoking story. Lots of people work in fast food today, but the experience isn't the same for everyone. So much depends on attitude. People who excel in life tend to have a hard work ethic and a desire to succeed at everything they do. If people only ever work for the money and don't get any satisfaction from a job well done, they're unlikely to get far. Thanks for this thought-provoking story. Lots of people work in fast food today, but the experience isn’t the same for everyone. So much depends on attitude. People who excel in life tend to have a hard work ethic and a desire to succeed at everything they do. If people only ever work for the money and don’t get any satisfaction from a job well done, they’re unlikely to get far.

]]> By: Brock Haussamen http://www.businesspundit.com/my-first-lessons-in-business-what-flipping-burgers-taught-me-about-the-importance-of-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-966 Brock Haussamen Wed, 24 May 2006 17:23:24 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2697#comment-966 Well-written! Very vivid, for someone like me who never worked fast food. I support raising the minimum wage, though (www.raiseminwage.org for lots of information and opinion). Though you were the exception, it sounds like a better wage meant a lot to the other workers who spoke to you. Brock Well-written! Very vivid, for someone like me who never worked fast food. I support raising the minimum wage, though (www.raiseminwage.org for lots of information and opinion). Though you were the exception, it sounds like a better wage meant a lot to the other workers who spoke to you.

Brock

]]> By: Dan Crites http://www.businesspundit.com/my-first-lessons-in-business-what-flipping-burgers-taught-me-about-the-importance-of-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-965 Dan Crites Wed, 24 May 2006 16:28:25 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2697#comment-965 Wonderful true principles learned at an early age. You are most fortunate. Dan Wonderful true principles learned at an early age. You are most fortunate.

Dan

]]> By: Joshua Bryant http://www.businesspundit.com/my-first-lessons-in-business-what-flipping-burgers-taught-me-about-the-importance-of-good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-964 Joshua Bryant Wed, 24 May 2006 06:59:41 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2697#comment-964 Excellent article. I have responded over at my site, but this particular article has some great wisdom in it for all areas of our life. You've obviously already figured it out. Cheers Excellent article. I have responded over at my site, but this particular article has some great wisdom in it for all areas of our life. You’ve obviously already figured it out.

Cheers

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