One time I was at a grocery store, and what I thought was a chick in leggings in front of me, turned around and was a guy. My eyes...
One time I was at a grocery store, and what I thought was a chick in leggings in front of me, turned around and was a guy. My eyes...
Dude, some shit you keep to yourself.Male grooming is essential if you want to improve your image (which opens doors in other areas). Haircuts and beard trimming are the absolute minimum. I go to the Salon, get tea tree oil treatments, pedicures, and manicures. On top of that I also have different lotions at home for body and face (they aren't the same thing), and a supply of lactic acid face peel pads.
Do a little exercise (cardio and weight training), get a good cologne, and some nice clothes, you will look and feel like a new man.
I promise you, if you keep up the regimen for 6 months, you will look 10+ years younger and people will notice.
That's caus they dont like their asses fingered with rough nails during the circle jerk.All I know is I never saw any "chewed up finger nail" dudes get invited to the "management retreat". All expenses paid to Kauai for 5 nights. These people brought their kids, wives, some of them brought their "girlfriends" (escorts). Everyone looked like they were straight out of a fashion magazine.
Pfft. I read "Dress for Success" - this is the same song, second verse. …
Its good to know you are human. You run this place so well its dang near perfect.
Look man, I love buying guns more than most people. I am 90% done building a gun room, that's how much I love them, I need a separate room with a vault door to store them.
But personal hygiene and grooming will take you places in your career, I swear by it. I would venture to say, if you're at any Fortune 500 type company, if you're in management, the difference between being some low-level supervisor, and a VP over say a division, can come down to image and hygiene.
Yes, connections/personal relationships play a role as well, but if you have dirty hair, a scruffy face, and chewed up nails, you won't be making VP level, let alone anything above that.
I never wanted to brown nose enough to make VP
During the last 60 years I've observed several individuals who thought too highly of themselves and thought they couldn't be fired. Some found that "Don't no one monkey stop the show."If you're good, and add value to the organization, you'll be pretty much impossible to fire.
We all know what brown nosing is and adhering to standards isn't brown nosing. Take my last boss...He loved the attention and knew he didn't need assistants. Some people need a yes man because they are pathetic inside. They can't trust people because they have done terrible things. They need power to attract people. And in return he kept asking others why people turn on him.You don't have to "brown nose" if you want to move up the ladder. Actually it probably hurts your chances because you won't be respected.
I've gotten into heated arguments with managers before, like fairly elevated voices (not outright screaming). Emotions can run high in any organizations, I don't care if it's 10,000 employees, or 10 employees. If you're good, and add value to the organization, you'll be pretty much impossible to fire. I still get calls from companies I've worked for (in fact I'm reading a very polite e-mail right now from an in-house recruiter I used to know asking me if I'm open to working remotely for them).
Adhering to "management" expectations isn't about brown nosing, it's about reflecting the image and culture that higher up executives want to see representing their brand, and most importantly their board.
If you want to dress like Ted Nugent, wearing a sleeveless camo vest, and a cowboy hat, more power to you. But if the organization you're part of doesn't care for that "image", you're not going far and probably should find another company if you want to move up. It's just reality.
It's not about being "presentable", even a bum can be presentable with a haircut and a bath.
I'm talking about presenting an image that a VP can look at, and say, "He's my new director of applications management."
Yes it cost a "little money", but when you have that director position making in the high six digits with RSUs that mature in 12 months, you're talking almost a million bucks total compensation. Is getting the occasional tea tree oil treatment and facial peel worth it? For my field, and career path, I think so.
Not necessarily for everyone obviously.