Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I'm good at this, so I'm going to be good at that - and it's not that way at all.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you're successful and growing, you can manage any way you want to. Growth makes so many dimensions of management easier. It's when growth stops that things get tough.
The toughest thing about managing is knowing your personnel and what it can give you under all conditions.
Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.
I've wanted to manage a long time and I've been moving in that direction.
I'm not going to manage again. I'm going to work for a team someday. But it won't be managing.
I believe one of the best things about managing people is that we can influence lives in a positive way. That's basically what a manager is about. When I can do that, I am very happy.
When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people.
Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries.
The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.
There is a lot to managing, and with almost four years under my belt, I believe I'm ready.
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