12.- Rule for success
I believe what Bill Cosby said about this issue: “I don’t know the secret for success, but I know the secret for failure: trying to please everyone”.
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Sep 13, 2009 | My rules | 3 Comments »
My rules
73.- Rule for coping with PR Executives
For Alcides León, Mauricio Romero, John Harorld Rodríguez, and the rest of the L.A. colleagues
Because of my job, I get to travel often as an invited reporter. It’s not the best way to travel, because everybody knows there is no such thing as a free lunch. But the inviting company executives’ also know that there is a limit to what you are committed to in exchange. Well, not all of them: there are the PR ones. Most of them think your attention span is infinite, your working hours are at least 12 and you are excited to learn even the tiniest detail of the company strategy.
That’s not the worst part. Some of them behave as nannies. Not happy with being behind you all day long, looking over your shoulder, they even call in the morning to wake you up!
When I stumble upon one of this cute PR Executives, I immediately straight things out the best way I can possibly handle. But to avoid unnecessary trouble and hard feelings, my advice is to ask for the personalized agenda well before you accept the trip invitation. If there will be no free time, no social activities and just intense business meetings in a two day trip that requires a 12 hour flight (one way), you are better off not accepting.
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Sin lugar a dudas tenía y tiene toda la razón Bing Crosby. Es muy frecuente estar en medio de dos opiniones encontradas, y si a ti te corresponde tomar la decisión por fuerza con alguien no vas a poder quedar bien, pero si eres afortunado y lidias con seres pensantes, te agradecerán a la larga que no trates de llegar a un punto intermedio, que generalmente no funciona para nada, es decir, quedar bien con ambas posiciones.
TVMB
Hola Monica,
muy buenas noches, leyendo tu blog y en particular este post, me atrevo a hacerte un amable comentario; si no me falla la memoria, es Bill Cosby, y segun yo es “secret to success”. El famoso crooner Harry Crosby no comento esto. Saludos y exito. DanTM
@Dantm: Tienes toda la razón. Lo areglaré de inmediato.
Saludos,
Mónica