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<b>Knowledge Management</b>

1) <b>Trade Secret</b>
For many, Knowledge is the only commodity they can trade. Our values is based on what and who we know, rather than what we are able to produce. Increasingly we are responsible for acquiring and updating our own knowledge rather than relying on an employer to provide it. If you do something well better than anyone you work with there's dilemma. Should you enable others to match your standard of performance or keep it all to yourself to safeguard your superiority?

2) <b>Share and Enjoy</b>
Sharing expertise refines and extends it. In an ideal setting it should enhance rather deminish your position. Giving away what you know is fine if there's some reward and strong possibility the beneficiaries will keep coming back to you for more. You are unlike to ever transfer all you know to those you are helping. Providing others with an insight into the complexity and possibilities of your subject can help you create a niche as expert.

3) <b>Your Terms</b>
Be cautious if you work in a setting where people are treated as short term assets. Knowledge is power and it is foolish to weaken your position while contributing to the greater glory of ruthless. Hoarding information can give you leverage, but at a price. It can trap you in a position of carrying excessive responsibility without backup. Concealing what you know is frustating. Find an employer who inspires you to celebrate rather hide your capabilities.

<i>Source</i> Student Accountant- <i>Febuary 2005</i>

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<b>Exceeding Expectation</b>

1)<b>Just Perfect</b>
To appear competent you have to live up to expectations. To be regarded as promising you must exceed them. This can be a daunting scenario, as each time you exceed expectations you raise the stakes for next time and begin constructing a spiral to insanity. Get a close to being perfect as you can and any thing you do thats's just very, very good could disappoint. That's not to say you should hide your ability and potential, but you must think sustainable.

2)<b>Manage People</b>
The secret of continuig to give satisfaction is understanding and managing the expectations of others. Those who always pleasant, efficient and punctual encourage others to expect that. At the other end of the spectrum are the lucky few who get away with being mostly brusque and careless. They convince the world their sporadic charm and competence is worth waiting for and only have to be polite or do something average to delight all.

3)<b>Impact Analysis</b>
The only practical way to create a sustainable illusion of being consistently outstanding while preserving your sanity, is to regularly practise subtle expectation lowering. maitain impact and credibilty by saving your flashes of brilliance for really important tasks, bearing in mind that routine duties sometimes go unrewarded. you are responsible for creating the expectations other have of you. Make sure those can be achieved by comfortably while leaving room for occasional excess.

<i>Source</i> Student Accountant-<i>March 2005</i>


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Ibri
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