IT Strategy - IT Manager Strategy - IT Leadership and Management |
ITMSS X.0
Attention: IT managers, professionals how to get people and
managers on my side; as well as leverage other people's strengths
among other things.
LIGHT BULBS WERE GOING OFF LEFT AND RIGHT. IF YOU HAD OF BEEN
THERE, YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT I DISCOVERED THE SECRETS TO THE
UNIVERSE BY MY EXCITEMENT.
I BELIEVE I DID.
Armed with this book, I quickly proceeded to the counter, purchased
it and tucked myself away in my office for several hours taking
copious notes and tearing each page apart.
You would have thought I was studying for a certification exam by
the intensity of my expression.
THEN, 90 DAYS LATER THE FIREWORKS STARTED TO GO OFF...
* The first was the 1999 Microsoft Project of the Year presented by
Bill Gates himself.
* THE SECOND WAS AN ARTICLE THAT APPEARED IN WINDOWS ENTERPRISE
MAGAZINE ABOUT THE CUTTING-EDGE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM I BUILT
FOR MY FORTUNE TOP 50 CLIENT.
* The third was being invited to speak for the 1999 Microsoft
Developer Days here in Atlanta in front of 1500 IT professionals
explaining Windows DNA and the new 2000 architecture.
* THE FOURTH WAS BEING PROMOTED TO A SENIOR CONSULTANT AT THE FIRM
I WAS WORKING FOR.
As you can see, whatever it was that I learned, it had amazing
results. This all happened simultaneously while reducing my hours and
stress!
My schedule also changed. NOW, I WAS SLEEPING AT NIGHT AND NO
LONGER HAD TO LEARN EVERYTHING AND WORK FROM 6AM TILL 10PM. I STARTED
GOING IN AT 10AM AFTER SPENDING TIME WITH MY WIFE AND CHILDREN IN THE
MORNING AND COMING HOME AROUND 5PM BEFORE DINNER.
During this time amazing things were happening, I took my first
three week vacation and traveled across the entire United States with
my family AND CAME BACK TO A TRIPLED INCOME.
For the First Time in My Life, I Was a Star.
Not a Rock Star Like I Once Dreamed, but Close...
In March of 2000, I was offered a CIO/CTO job for the author's
company of the book I read. Now, imagine the coincidence there.
JUST TO RECAP WHAT HAPPENED:
1) I read a book in 1998 that wasn't IT related
2) My career blasted into the stratosphere
3) I was offered the CIO/CTO position for the company of the author
of the book I read in 1998!
4) My career blasted into outer space!
WOW!
LET ME STOP HERE REAL QUICK TO SAY THAT IF YOU ARE THINKING THIS
MIGHT NOT HELP YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY NOT EXPERIENCE SIMILAR RESULTS AS
I HAVE, KEEP IN MIND THAT I WAS...
* a broke music major at the end of my rope
* STARTING OUT WITH NO experience in IT
* SOMEWHAT NOT TECHNICAL AND HAD no education in IT when I started
* WAS LABELED AS AN ID-10-T BY MY IT FRIENDS
"I'VE ENJOYED MORE PROFESSIONAL, PERSONAL, AND FINANCIAL SUCCESS
HISTORIES IN THESE LAST 10 MONTHS THAN IN THE PREVIOUS 5 YEARS."
"I've enjoyed more professional, personal, and financial success
histories in these last 10 months than in the previous 5 years.
Sometimes it's not easy to take the path that Joey suggests, but it's
incredible what happens when you start to walk that way."
JOAN CARBONELL, IT Development Director, Spain - _Coaching Client
and ITMSS Participant_
... it's amazing to me, people like Joan from Spain have had huge
results following this same program. We are normal people, just like
you. It sounds clich
