I’ve always been trying to figure out what makes someone “good for the biz”… After a huge amount of soul searching and lost opportunities and misplaced confidences later, I am convinced about the following:

1) Plans are not good for the biz if you are in a role that demands you to deliver. Delivery is king, and beats all “plans” hollow.

2) Revenues are the only credibility points for attitude. Nothing else holds water. Attitude without revenue is just faff.

3) Don’t come blitzing into ecosystems and pointing out faults, especially if don’t intend rectifying them. And if you can’t rectify them, don’t call them constraints. Call them your failures.

4) Don’t ever do business with friends. You can’t kick their ass when they don’t clear payments for services rendered on time.

5) Accept failures gracefully, without trying to fire from others’ shoulders about their “incapabilities’

6) Above all, understand that there are other views that hold and probably hold more water than yours.

7) Last but not the least, if you don’t have the capability to perform, have the humility to learn and accept your shortcomings.

Return promised revenues, and be as accountable towards returning revenues to the organization you work with, just as you expect the organization to be towards your payments.

Says it all, I guess

Sanjeev