What is the best piece of work or career advice you’ve ever received?

"You should always be earning at least your age in salary as a measure of success."

This was in the era of punts but stood with me in life as a good barometer of how I was doing. For example you are 25, you should be earning at least IR£25k (€32k).

Great shout.

My advice would be to only open your mouth when you have to and when you do, be distinct, articulate, knowledgeable.

Don't badmouth anybody as people are liars and stuff gets back to who you were speaking about. Take this advice, "A good diplomat always thinks twice, before saying....... Nothing!"

People you work with are not your friends (in the most part), they are only people you work with. As soon as you move on, you will not speak to 99% of them again.

If you manage people, be nice to them, be a human, see it from their side. Don't take bullshit from people and don't let people take advantqge of your good nature. No matter how well you get on with someone, if they are not up to the job, get rid of them. Give them a chance to prove they can do the job, if they can't, get rid of them quickly. It is important to surround yourself with smart people, in some instances smarter than you... (Specialised fields). If you are responsible for a wide area, you can't be an expert in all areas, that is where you need the smart people to step up.... Treat these people very well, don't micro-manage, give them a job and trust them to get it done, they will work very hard for you.

Have measurements in place, if you can measure something you can manage it. Status reports, what has to be done, who is doing it and when does it have to be completed. Be an effective delegator in this regard.

Last thing, don't be a dick, nobody cares if you have a big job, an office, loads of staff, be nice, treat people well and your job will be easy. Communication and relationships are key....

I'm in it for 4 years and even that is far too long.. Absolute slavery..

I hear you, there was a time it was a great industry to be in, Excellent Training, Quality driven , gosh even the word Hospitality meant something, it went to shyte before the boom and down the drain during the crash. The pandemic, and for all the wrong reasons exposed what an awful career it was to be in (Not all businesses course but generally)

May have been said already but a few I've taken a bit from:

1. "Charge for what you know, not what you do" - It take a long time to amass knowledge. The more knowledge you have the less time it will take you do to the job. Someone else doing the same job could take a lot longer to do it and do a worse job at that. This may be career spefic but you get the gist.
2. "If you want something done ask a busy person" - it's be said above and is very accurate.
3. "Don't be digging holes with shovels all your life" - like the second post of the thread, advise from the aul fella who did a "real" job all his life. Much missed and learned a hell of a lot more than that off him.
4. "Don't sweat the small stuff" - you're usually in your mid thirties or older when you appreciate this