The employee in a large corporation receives orders about his production, his location, and his attitude while he is working. To the extent that these orders actually help him do his work and avoid punishment, the orders are regarded as a necessary evil and are even welcomed when skillfully given.<\/p>\n
When the orders attempt to exert bad control over the employee’s actions, the employee rightfully regards the orders as an unnecessary evil. Bad control is starting something, them interrupting it with a contrary order or starting something else that interferes with the first order given. Some managers specialize in this bizarre exercise. We generally refer to them as morons.<\/p>\n
Corporate employees may look with envy at the "carefree" artisan or independent businessman and think how wonderful it must be to give orders instead of taking them. This is an absolutely incorrect view of how the world actually works.<\/p>\n
We all take orders from someone. The only difference between a corporate employee and the self-employed business person is that the self-employed business person has more flexibility in deciding who they take orders from and what the orders are.<\/p>\n
As a self-employed person, your biggest problem is finding someone
\nto buy your wares or services. When you finally find that person, you
\nneed to persuade them to part with money in exchange for your wares or
\nservices.<\/p>\n
Usually, there is a negotiation about price, delivery, quantities,
\nand payment. If delivery occurs at a later point in time, there may be
\nanother, more strident negotiation about price, delivery, quantities,
\nand payment. Basically, a negotiation is an attempt to determine an
\nacceptable range of orders and responses, and responsibilities.<\/p>\n
If you provide goods or services to a client, the initial stages of
\nthe relationship are usually spent in deciding what orders you are
\nwilling to accept from the client and negotiating a relationship that
\nworks for both of you. Once the relationship is established, you are
\ngiven orders by the client and you try to follow them to the best of
\nyour ability.<\/p>\n
Building contractors have long and colorful histories of clients
\ngiving orders that produce unintended and unsatisfactory results.<\/p>\n
There is an old dictum that says that the best leaders are also able
\nto take orders. You can use this to your advantage in many situations
\nsimply by considering what orders you would give to yourself if you
\nwere your boss, or your customer, or your client.<\/p>\n
You might find that this exercise of putting yourself outside your
\ncurrent situation and looking at it from an exterior viewpoint will
\ngive you some insight on what you could do to resolve your current
\nissues.<\/p>\n
You may find a solution that will put you in command of your life
\nagain. At the very least, you will become part of the solution instead
\nof remaining part of the problem.<\/p>\n
Wishing you success…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The employee in a large corporation receives orders about his production, his location, and his attitude while he is working. To the extent that these orders actually help him do his work and avoid punishment, the orders are regarded as a necessary evil and are even welcomed when skillfully given.<\/p>\n
When the orders attempt to exert bad control over the employee’s actions, the employee rightfully regards the orders as an unnecessary evil. Bad control is starting something, them interrupting it with a contrary order or starting something else that interferes with the first order given. Some managers specialize in this bizarre exercise. We generally refer to them as morons.<\/p>\n
Corporate employees may look with envy at the "carefree" artisan or independent businessman and think how wonderful it must be to give orders instead of taking them. This is an absolutely incorrect view of how the world actually works.<\/p>\n
We all take orders from someone. The only difference between a corporate employee and the self-employed business person is that the self-employed business person has more flexibility in deciding who they take orders from and what the orders are.<\/p>\n