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How many of you have seen someone stop by to help a homeless man? How many of you would help others when they ve treated you the worst? How many of you would help a friend who you know will never help you when you need it? Since childhood, we all have heard our parents, role models, and even our teachers say â€Å"treat others the way you want to be treated† and help others when needed. However, listening to those lectures are very easy, but however putting them into action is ten times harder. Throughout our school years, we ve learned about various different people who ve made the world for the better. Starting from Abraham Lincoln ending slavery, to Gandhi promoting non-violence, justice, and harmony between people of all faiths, to even†¦show more content†¦Looking at my dad’s life, he has gone through many situations where he has shown me the lesson of treating others well. These stories are personal, but I would like to share them with you. One thing abou t my dad is that he cares so much about other people. One of my dad’s best friend was not doing that great economically so my dad, being generous like always, thought of buying another Subway store with partnership with his friend. The only reason he decided to buy it was to help his friend out. One special thing about life is that it’s a rocky road with so many ups and downs. And we never know when they will come right in front of us. So my dad talks to his friend and his wife and they love the idea. Couple months later, We bought the store and they were running it. My dad wouldn’t go deeper in the business unless they needed help because that’s how he was with partners. So everything was running well and some time later, business was going down. My dad would check the reports weekly and saw this unusual decline coming in, so he started to check at the reports more often. Day by day there was no improvement, so my dad went deeper and investigated by look ing through all paper works and stuff. My dad called him and his wife over to talk and told them everything he found such as taking more money than working, Not keeping the store clean, and basically not doing anything! We had to put money from our ownShow MoreRelatedDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 PagesSupplement C Conducting Meetings 651 Appendix I Glossary 673 Appendix II References 683 Name Index 705 Subject Index 709 Combined Index 713 iii This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Preface xvii INTRODUCTION 1 3 THE CRITICAL ROLE OF MANAGEMENT SKILLS The Importance of Competent Managers 6 The Skills of Effective Managers 7 Essential Management Skills 8 What Are Management Skills? 9 Improving Management Skills 12 An Approach to Skill Development 13 Leadership and ManagementRead MoreMarketing Mistakes and Successes175322 Words   |  702 Pagesthis 11th edition. Who would have thought that interest in mistakes would be so enduring? Many of you are past users, a few even for decades. I hope you will find this new edition a worthy successor to earlier editions. I think this may even be my best book. The new Google and Starbucks cases should arouse keen student interest, and may even inspire another generation of entrepreneurs. A fair number of the older cases have faced significant changes in the last few years, for better or for