Comments on: It’s not what your employees can do for your business, it’s what you can do!

By: Vip Minibüs Kiralama

Vip Minibüs Kiralama — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:33:55 +0000

Thanks for great article Neil..
Very good..

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:37:37 +0000

Very true, parents ultimately create the habits and patterns that the children begin to develop over time. So it only makes sense to be more aware of how you raise them .

By: sell textbooks

sell textbooks — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:03:21 +0000

I have had my fair share of bosses. While I was unemployed I went back into the restaurant business, and other than the fact that I was not happy about going back to waitressing, I enjoyed my job. I always remembering wishing I had a cool manager and i found out quickly why I never did. Because the cool ones don’t get the job done and get in the way of the ones who are trying to do their job. I have to say to the parents out there, you don’t do your kids any favors by not making them work for what they get.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:20:11 +0000

Well they’re definitely is a fine line between a good boss that can motivate with pleasure and bad boss that just pushed pain.

By: Euro Boy

Euro Boy — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:57:46 +0000

From my experience, bad boss is better than good boss. Most of bad boss looks bad to his subbordinates because they want to get things done on time and they are more concern with the business. Most of good boss doesnt care about anything and they are being good because they have some hidden agenda from the back of their mind. Good boss are not as authoritative as bad boss. Nice post. Thanks.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:23:24 +0000

All my lists are combined and the only thing I email to people are updates on new posts.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:28:54 +0000

Are you building a seperate email list for those who want to stay up to date on your products (ie. Web 2.0 Poverty) ?

Thanks.

By: senior homes

senior homes — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:36:08 +0000

Before I became a SEO freelancer in internet, I once become an employee in a fast food chain in our country(Philippines). I always want an employer that leads us in right task and a professional one that doesn’t get pissed very easily. In that way your employees is more likely to stay with you thus, you can build good relationship in each employee, and if that happens, you can all work well, and achieving your goal as a company is just right there to all of you.

Happy to share this. .

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:11:01 +0000

Some employees, yes, can give you great excellent ideas, but no all. Be focused on becoming a good leader to direct your employees in the right direction.

By: Detox Guru

Detox Guru — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:07:41 +0000

Couldn’t agree more Neil. One can’t really depend fully on the employees to move the company forward. The long term plans still has to come from you mainly but it would be good to hold a sharing session once in a while so that you can get your employee involved in the future of the company. You can really get some good ideas from your employee.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:13:30 +0000

I agree with that… you need to have gone through the experience of doing it before teaching it.

By: Maurelle Mejos

Maurelle Mejos — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:58:40 +0000

There’s a saying: To be a good employer, you must try to become an employee first. hehe

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:24:02 +0000

Yes, that’s why its important to choose the right employee.

By: Imrozz Web Design

Imrozz Web Design — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:02:30 +0000

i think both needs to cooperate for the work to be done successfully.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:13:06 +0000

Well of course one must delegate work to the employees to become most effective and efficient… but the manager needs to understand the power they have to make things happen. It’s not that manager time is more precious, because employee time is too.

By: Chetan Kambli

Chetan Kambli — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:11:32 +0000

Hey Neil, I just had an doubt, Most of the sucessful Managers and businesses believe, Make the work done rather then doing it ourselves, I mean its better to hire an employee then do the same work being an boss, Manager time is more precious then the normal employee,

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:15:07 +0000

lol exactly.. thanks for your insight on this. Everyone is capable of doing something powerful, but it’s up to the leader to find out what it is and how to expand it.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:36:55 +0000

It’s about you having control of the events that occur… everything that happens will continue to happen, but how you relate those downs to your mindset is what it’s all about. And yes this translates seamlessly into the dating world.

By: Melisa

Melisa — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:42:45 +0000

I agree with the post’s title.

Personally, I always do my best for my boss and the company I work for. I always strive to improve myself, my skills and everything. But if I get better treatment from my boss and company, if I feel I’m being valued by my boss and the company, I really do the extra mile. Extra mile, meaning you’d have no idea that your employee can really do those things for you, to serve you with utmost loyalty and pride.

It pays when bosses make their employees feel they’re valuable assets to the company. Only bad employees don’t know how to value their boss and the company…and that’s the time for that one three-word business advice you recently gave: #9 Fire bad employees.

By: Inner Game

Inner Game — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:34:27 +0000

I really like this. Not just blaming those around you for why things aren’t working but taking responsibility for the environment that you, as the boss, created, that is responsible for why things aren’t working.

It’s funny how this principle transcends so many areas of life – especially the dating arena.

Cheers,

Leigh

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:58:16 +0000

Thanks Nakliye… even though you delegate your work, you still need to have the skills necessary to lead and make it happen yourself.

By: Kevin Chong

Kevin Chong — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:06:18 +0000

How to write a powerful blog post ?

By: nakliye

nakliye — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:06:59 +0000

I don’t care if you have a rock star team, employees make mistakes and things get delayed. So although you want to rely on them, you also have to learn to rely on yourself. And the best way to do this is to figure out what you can do.
very good info

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:19:42 +0000

lol… they are on a completely different level!

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:55:24 +0000

Yes, because once you’re clear with exactly what you want, you’re more likely to make it happen.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:42:07 +0000

Thanks William, glad you found it powerful

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:28:22 +0000

Just like Catalin said below, it’s about optimizing the resources in your business and allowing yourself to adapt to changes in the market as they appear.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:24:41 +0000

Exactly… it works almost the exact same way. Adapt and overcome

By: Mid Mo Mortgage

Mid Mo Mortgage — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:21:05 +0000

Google follows this same philosophy. That is why employees that work there get free five-star meals, child care, transportation, and the liberty to work on their own projects. (I’m filled with envy)

By: Sandy Cormack

Sandy Cormack — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:09:27 +0000

At some point in your business development you need to start focusing on what matters most, and learn to delegate the rest or stop doing it altogether.

Doing a Pareto analysis is a great way of determining ‘what matters most.’