Count De Monet

Bank CEOs testifying before Congress

There are lots of people who make more money than I do. They have fancier houses and take nicer vacations than I do. They also tend to have a lot more power at work. They can promote people, banish people, or just generally get what they want.

You would think with all their power and money they would be some of the people that I most respected.

I don't.

I respect the guy that takes time every summer with his Dad to volunteer in the kitchen at the local church camp cleaning dishes. I also respect the guy who leads his son's scout troop to make model rockets and boats. The following folks also make the list: the guy who helps his neighbor replace his well pump, the guy who helps a colleagues family escape the worst of the flooding because the colleague is out of town, and the guy who is helping to refurbish the Catholic youth center.

Mentoring is often considered to be an active verb. Someone is purposefully sitting down with you and offering advice. But it's also passive. It's looking around you and figuring out who you want to be like and then trying to do that.

I try to be like the guys I respect.

Count De Monet

Rich, powerful guy wants your respect. But I don't want his. It's those other guy's opinions that matter to me.

Books the New Film?

Quick guess which store this was from.....

If you guessed Barnes and Noble, you win!

I am surprised that more people are not talking about this. It's obvious that they don't think there is any money in physical books.

Doing It Right

Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else. - Coach Chuck Noll

Nine times out of ten you can get away with half assing it. Normally it doesn't matter and if it does people don't care enough to follow up.

But it's that tenth time that will get you. The tenth time it matters. If it's not right that tenth time it causes problems and you lose credibility.

There is no other option than to take the time to do it right.