#1.) “I pay your salary. You have to do what I say.” Comes off a little threatening, doesn’t it? Yeah, that’s not going to fly.

#2.) “I don’t want to hear your complaints.” Actually, as the boss, it’s part of your job to hear your employees’ complaints. It may be painful, but it comes with the territory.

#3.) “I was here on Saturday afternoon. Where were you?” This is a not-so-subtle way of pressuring your employees to work all the time. Eventually, it’ll cause them to burn out, hate you, and quit.

#4.) “Isn’t your performance review coming up soon?” If the goal is to motivate your workers, there’s no better way to make sure it DOESN’T happen than with a passive-aggressive comment like that.

#5.) “We’ve always done it this way.” I know you’re the “genius” who runs the place, but there’s a chance your employees . . . you know, the people who do all the ACTUAL work . . .have a few good ideas about how to do their jobs.

#6.) “We need to cut costs.” All your employees will hear is that there’s a chance they’ll be unemployed soon. You see how that could be a little demoralizing?

#7.) “You need to step it up.” If you have a critique or a suggestion, you need to be specific. If you’re too vague, it’s confusing, it creates tension, and it’s not all that helpful.

here was this week’s recap:

Lost In 30 Seconds – 03-10-10

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/08/tom-arnold-pulls-down-sup_n_453616.html

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Betty-White-to-Host-SNL-please/266442514828?v=info

ONE IN FOUR AMERICANS WOULD RATHER SPEND VALENTINE’S DAY WITH THEIR PET:

A new Internet poll just surveyed 24,000 people in 24 countries to ask a very important question:  Would you rather spend Valentine’s Day with your PARTNER, or your PET?  Listen to the results . . .

–Overall, 21% of people worldwide . . . that’s more than ONE in FIVE . . . would rather spend Valentine’s Day with their pet than their partner.  

–In the United States, 27% of us would rather spend Valentine’s Day with our pet.  That’s more than ONE in FOUR.

–Meanwhile, 49% of the adults in Turkey would pick their pet over their partner.  That’s the highest of any country.  India came next with 41%, then Japan with 30%, China with 29%, and Australia with 25%.

–Just ONE in TEN French adults say they’d pick their pet over their partner.  That’s the lowest of any country.  Mexico, the Netherlands and Hungary were all right around 12%.

–If you’re younger, you’re more likely to want to spend Valentine’s Day with your pet:  ONE in FOUR adults under the age of 35 say that, while just 14% of people over the age of 55 say the same. 

–It’s also an income thing:  24% of lower-income adults say they’d pick their pet over their partner.  While just 20% of middle and upper-income adults would choose their pet.  Men and women were evenly split over the question. 

(Yahoo News / Market Wire)

G-Fresh – Colts On My Momma

Seanie Mic – Super Bowlin’

Skittles – Let’s Go (Big Blue Gladiator Remix)

Third Frame – Stomp!

There’s Living Proof who recorded the song, “Scream Ya Necks Off (Go Horse)”.
ScreamYaNecksOff (GoHorse) by LivingProof

The Mudkids also released the song, “Do It Again (Go Colts)”.
Do It Again (Go Colts) by The Mudkids