Posted by Edd in KY on June 15, 2014 at 07:02:13 from (98.23.16.116):
Simple things my father taught me.
After listening to a loud mouthed old guy, who had never been out of the county, spout off at the daily general store BS session about “how to run the world”: on the way home in the car my father said “ son, some day I hope you are actually as smart as he thinks he is.”
My father ran a small business all his life, so he knew a lot about dealing with people. He told me: “Beware of a man who gets upset when you ask to check his credit, because people with good credit don’t mind you checking them out.”
He hired (and fired) a lot of mechanics and technicians in his lifetime, and he said “Really good mechanics generally own good tools, because it makes them faster and more efficient, so they make more money, and the best ones want to go to the training sessions to learn new things.”
“Loyalty is a two way street, for employers and employees, the relationship won’t work very long if it is all one way.”
“Pay your bills quickly, and you will get better service, because you will stand out from the crowd. You are going to pay it eventually, so do it fast and get the benefit,”
“When you rent property to someone, both parties have to feel it is a fair arrangement, or it will go bad over time”
“A man is only as good as his most basic habits; if he does not support his family, get up and go to work everyday, and obey the law, steer clear of him.”
“Only uneducated people think education is a waste of time; would you let a high school dropout take out your child’s appendix or pull your tooth?”
“A big part of education is knowing what you don’t know.”
“How can dirty people operate a clean restaurant?”
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