When I was at Leeds University (yes please note there is nothing between the word Leeds and the word University) I ran for the post of Financial Affairs Secretary which was a sabbatical post. I won the election and ran the commercial activities of the Student Union (brilliant experience) for a year. But the best bit of the year was meeting the University Bursar. He was a gentleman called Ray Head. At our first meeting he gave me some of the best advice ever. “To be successful in life you have to be very ambitious and you have to be lazy”The first bit made sense but I struggled with the second bit. He never did fully explain what he meant. Since I have started working, I have realized the significance of being lazy. What Ray meant was that you have to learn to achieve results through other people. Otherwise known as delegating! It is so true. I have seen really hardworking people not get much done – whereas I have seen people who are focused get more done by using charm and respect to get others to achieve great things for them. They recognize that there is only so much they can do themselves. The worst possible combination is hard workers who are perfectionists as well – forget it! The 3 R’s
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