Tuff day at work, today.

But, you know, when the going gets tuff at work and i'm moving here and lifting that, and toting this and pulling that and reaching for this and hefting that and pushing this and hoisting that and pounding this and sweating and wondering how i'm ever going to do it and finish it all, I just think of how hard Maryjane or Nick works, and it SO pisses me off that I was thinking of defeat, that it gets my ire up to the point that I check my package, grab a pair, and double my efforts, superman style.

So when they find me dead at work with my boots full of blood, sweat & tears, you'll know exactly how it happened & who caused it.

I don't know wether to thank them or despise them their work ethic.
It's killin' me keepin' up.
But I ain't gonna' be caught slippin', not as long as the old-school hounds are nippin' at my heals!

[This message has been edited by Boondawg (edited 05-26-2011).]

If you can delegate some of the work load to your employees, it should make life a little easier for you. That said, working your butt off is pretty much par for the course with low/mid level management.

For me the trick is to think back to Army Basic Training. They literally worked us until we dropped. Whenever I think I'm having things tough, I just think back to those days, and suddenly things aren't so bad anymore.

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quote Originally posted by Blacktree: For me the trick is to think back to Army Basic Training.

Yup, and I got those 2!

There's an old man that I think (thought?) the world of out there--up there--somewhere--watching me--and I'm tryin to finish his work--so I can't slow down--but i will someday--just as he did. I can wear his Stetson, but i can't begin to fill his shoes.

(just don't forget to stop and smell the roses Boondawg.)

But, a little story:
Vietnam was different than stateside duty, and that's where I advanced from private to E5 sgt. We just had a job to do and all pulled together no matter where we stood in the pecking order. I've pulled wrenches in the middle of the night in a howling storm with a full bird handing them to me. My first duty station back in the states, the end of my first week came, and it was customary to sweep down the hangar fri afternoons, so I grabbed a broom like everyone else and went to sweeping. The gunny walked over and said "York--Sgts don't push brooms stateside--that's why you have privates and PFCs working for you. Your job is to see they do their job--not do it for them". I never forgot it.

Didn't take me long to figure how to utilize delegation of authority. It's not just your job to see that they do theirs--it's your RESPONSIBILITY. You have to let them take some of it or they will never learn and never progress to their maximum capability. Managers are a dime a dozen Boonie--don't be one---be a leader. Leaders have something managers never will.
Followers.

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quote Originally posted by maryjane: Didn't take me long to figure how to utilize delegation of authority. It's not just your job to see that they do theirs--it's your RESPONSIBILITY. You have to let them take some of it or they will never learn and never progress to their maximum capability. Managers are a dime a dozen Boonie--don't be one---be a leader. Leaders have something managers never will. Followers.

Right on the money!

quote There's an old man that I think (thought?) the world of out there--up there--somewhere--watching me--and I'm tryin to finish his work--so I can't slow down--but i will someday--just as he did. I can wear his Stetson, but i can't begin to fill his shoes.

I think I have the same thing driving me too Don...except my hero was 4 ft 11 inches, crippled by arthritis from the age of 19, and carried three boys and a husband through 93 years on this Earth, with a permanent smile on her face.

As to the rest of your post.. I can't measure up to you in any way at all. But I am extremely honoured, and not a little flattered, to be included there.

I guess we all have somebody we would aspire to be like, but just don't quite fit that bill. We just have to try. But I do feel a little uneasy to be named like this, when there are many many more here on PFF who go through life TRYING to be like their Hero.They just don't post about it as much as I do.
God I sound like some stupid Celeb at an Awards Ceremony .
Sorry...and thanks too, Boonie

quote Originally posted by maryjane: It's not just your job to see that they do theirs--it's your RESPONSIBILITY. You have to let them take some of it or they will never learn and never progress to their maximum capability. Managers are a dime a dozen Boonie--don't be one---be a leader. Leaders have something managers never will. Followers.

You just blew my mind.