Valerio Albisetti - Il viaggio della Vita

Vitality and energy – which produce the desire to live and work as well as impetus, enthusiasm and joy- must not be left alone but always cared for. Only by remaining whole, coherent, humble and full of dignity do you keep your vitality and personal energy. I know many managers that lost their dignity a long time ago, and even if they are not aware, lost their vitality along with it. For reason this they became ruthless and bad

I want to talk now about the desire to live and work because vitality comes naturally when you have good self-esteem; when you know feel that you are unique and unrepeatable; when you have personal dignity; when you are open and flexible; when you are the protagonist of yourself.

There is only one way to remain unique and unrepeatable: follow the great values; loyalty, integrity, humility, fidelity, friendship, love… These must be our guides in life and work. If we develop them, we guarantee ourselves a solid base for facing and overcoming the continuous challenges that life presents us, almost always without notice. We cannot change the world, but we can change ourselves!

How many times I repeated these two terms: unique and unrepeatable. In all of my books! How many times I repeated them to myself. And doing so always helped me! Most of all during the difficult moments. We are not born by chance. We are here, each of us in a different way, to fulfill a task, a mission. God doesn’t care if we ate, drank, slept, or had sex. God will ask us if we fulfilled the vocation for which we were born. Everything is already written inside of us. We...

There are three important elements of delegating: Responsibility, power, accountability. Responsibility is the activity to be executed. Power is the authority given to complete the entrusted task, taking the necessary decisions. Accountability is the assumption of responsibility in executing everything according to the rules established by the person who delegated; accountability for one’s actions.

Once you have entrusted a task to someone, you must remain in contact with that person until the project is finished. In this way you can immediately face any unforeseen or disastrous situations. Managers should NEVER wait until they have reached the limits of their own ability before beginning to delegate.