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How to Tell If You Are Management Material

Here's ten ways to tell whether or not someone is management material.

Difficulty Level: easy      Time Required: 5 minutes


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

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