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How To Tell if You Are Management Material

By F. John Reh, About.com

Here's ten ways to tell whether or not someone is management material.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 5 minutes
Here's How:
  1. You like not doing anything
  2. You have no trouble telling others what to do
  3. Work fascinates you - you can sit and watch it for hours
  4. You like ‘sweating the small stuff’
  5. You have always been something of a loner
  6. You don’t think ‘plan’ is a four-letter word
  7. Your favorite cocktail is milk of magnesia
  8. On Halloween you dress up as Alex P. Keaton
  9. Your favorite horror writer is Tom Peters
  10. And the number one clue you are management material - You enjoy having people despise you just for doing your job.
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