Horstman's Laws

Philipp-

Nicely said sir!

Mark

Mark,

isn't it funny - if everyone applied law #7 properly, arguments, dissensions and ensueing fights would become extinct- we would have ourselves under control, finally. Our reactions would no longer overtake our reason (the thinking-doing gap).
"Choose not to get angry" - wow. A great guideline and perfectly delineated.

IMHO, #7 should be incorporated into any and every kind of counsel. Right at the beginning. Then start discussing.

- philipp

What about 2nd interviews.
What are the guidelines for follow up interviews?
I have followed the guidelines [inro, accomplishments, closing; follow up notes, email, and telephone call]

Still to get an offer.

What is the rationale for the 2nd interview?

Check out the 8/15/07 Mr. Boffo for a different take on Horstman's First Law:

http://www.mrboffo.com/mbarchives/mbarch.html

(Select the date in the list box under "The Archives".)

Sharadguru-

You are most welcome. Please let us know how they help you achieve your goals.

Mark

its really a superb.

thanks for this gift. i have read all laws and started using them.

Mark-

Okay I understand better now. And ... I agree.

I sometimes realize that being too hard on deadline or on "perfect execution" can lead me to 3 things : micromanagement (no podcast about that ?), too many work hours and a pessimistic vision of things.

Cédric.

QuentinDaniels-

Criticism is NOT the breakfast of champions.

People who criticize are the breakfast of managers who know the difference between feedback and criticism. ;-)

Mark

Ced-

Sorry that you feel that way, but we do too sometimes. My point was just that there ARE times (though many managers and executives don't think this way there are some that do and they do well also) when relaxing a little is what works best. Humans are not machines, and sometimes take a moment or some time to react appropriately to your inputs as their manager.

If you've ever worked with a mouse on a computer that is slow, you've felt the FRUSTRATION of taking action and then realizing that what you were responding to was incomplete information, and you find yourself repeatedly overcorrecting.

Sometimes pausing works, and things work out. (When you were on vacation they did).

Mark

If you're on a Mac:
* Put on some shoes
* Put away the Hacky Sac
* Get a shirt with a collar...

..Kidding ;)

As for the Mac version:

Get the free PDFLab from http://www.iconus.ch/fabien/pdflab/
Use it to split the file into separate pages.
Open System Preferences -> Screensaver and select the folder you saved the pages into.

(Assuming your using Windows)
* Open the PDF in Full Screen
* Press Alt-Print Screen
* Open Paint (or your preffered image editing program)
* Press Cntl V to paste the image you captured with the print screen
* Save it as a JPG of GIF in a dedicated folder
* Repeat for each page
* Use Windows Photos screen saver to rotate through that folder (I prefer the Google Picassa Screen Saver myself for the multi monitor performance).

I wish I could actually do this on my work machine but the thin client I am using does not let me change screen savers/backgrounds etc

Great stuff! But how about a screensaver version?

Mike and Mark,

Thanks for making this available, amazing, as usual.

Also, to everyone, funny story, my boss said to me today, while giving feedback, "criticism is the breakfast of champions." Also, the feedback itself contained no behaviors. I am so glad there is a podcast about making this "criticism" into something I can use. I love MT.

Also, and lastly, a new idea for the back of your shirts: Peter Drucker 2.0

:)

This is an excellent gift to those who find your website invaluable. Thanks so much!

Judy Nelson, JD, MSW
Certified Executive Coach
www.coachjudynelson.com

Thanks you for the guide. I have to admit it was a pleasant surprise to see that Horstman's laws really did exist. My original mental image of was an imaginary guide to everything to be cited as needed, ala The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Keep up the great work,
-Matt

Wally,

The paragraph mark is *part of the design* (perhaps too stylistic for you? ;-) ... we can't cut that out without going back to the design firm and incurring extra cost. Sorry!

Mike

Thanks for the nice PDF. I would like to print some of these out on nice paper as you suggested. Can you post another version that doesn't have the paragraph marks showing on each page? (There is a line under www.manager-tools.com and immediately underneath that - in blue - is a large paragraph mark.) I can cut them out in PhotoShop, but I thought that other people might want to print them as well. Thanks for the continued great content and the opportunity to get premium content.

Wally Hines - JETPUBS Inc. CEO

Mark, Mike,

Thank you for this new gift.

Law 5 is difficult for me. I have a tendency of immediately reacting to a missed deadline because not reacting means I don't care about a project sliping away from plan ...

Can you be more explicit about this one ?

Many thanks,

Cédric.