Motivation on the Run

This is a good read and I am looking forward to the follow-up piece. With advice, it is usually worth what you pay for it, and nothing more. And then there is paralysis by analysis that can set in. All very interesting…

Techworld.com - The best advice I ever got, part 1

As advice columnist Ann Landers once wrote, “Know when to tune out. If you listen to too much advice, you may wind up making other people’s mistakes.”

In the network world, Landers’ notion is well-heeded. The trick, of course is deciding which advice can make your life easier and which could derail your career.

Network World took an informal poll of its readers, network executives and others to find out what was the best advice they ever received and what they did with it. Not surprisingly, the results show that the best advice is to learn about what goes on in your IT shop, being open to its rapidly changing nature and understanding how networks are the backbone of business. It also doesn’t hurt if you can solve technology problems, manage others as a team and keep customers happy.

Specifically, the best advice to get ahead in the network arena starts with the basics. Network executives say learning the details of networks and the equipment that runs on them will get you far.