10 Points of Living systems

Stolen with honour with the education of the masses at heart. 

Do what you do well, but, do it better each day. 

Don't try to be an expert outside your own field. Be an expert in what you already know best.

Be conscious.

Don't go around with your hands in your pockets and your eyes looking at the ceiling. Get out and find out what is happening outside your office.

Learn to learn.

It is difficult to teach, if you do not know how to learn.

Learn something you do not know anything about e.g. Mouth Organ.  This will make you a better teacher.

Gather information

You can't give away anything you have not got. Don't hoard it, but use it and pass it on.

Teach someone something each day.

Only by explaining something to others do you get to really understand it yourself. In doing so don't make yourself look too knowledgeable...show it by your actions.

Do not complain about anything......... To someone who cannot do anything about it.

 (i.e. - Take all complaints to the source.)

Be a thermostat not a thermometer.

Don't get mad when others get mad, get happy.

Acknowledge people.

Don't say the machine is great, say their choice of machine was great.

Have Fun and be playful.

People respond, machines react.

Get the big picture & KISS - Keep it Simple Stupid.

REMEMBER - The solutions to most complex problems are simple.  

Don't assume that the solution is going to be as  complex as the problem appears to you.

 From the book - Managing Office Mayhem by Harry Haxton Founder of FILEforce

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