If the Shoe Fits...Guest Blog for It

Hey folks, it's Rebecca Kelley here (formally of SEOmoz and currently the Director of Social Media for 10e20, your friendly neighborhood social media marketing company). About a year and a half ago I pulled some guest posts out of my ass for Shoe, and he must have been nostalgic lately because he's asked me to resume my position as guest blogger. You can look forward to guest posts from me a couple times a week. If that ain't your cup of tea, avoid the blog when I post while we all have fun without you. Anyway, one of the things I love about Shoe is what he said in his last post:

So I was talking with the notorious keyboard gangsta Nickycakes a couple weeks ago and telling him how bad I suck as a CEO and really need to get my time management skills in order.

The fact that he acknowledges his CEO suckitude goes to show you that he's a smart guy (terrible speller, but oh well). I've met a lot of businesspeople and douchebags in this industry who either a) refuse to address their shortcomings, or b) know their weaknesses and do absolutely nothing about it. Those are the types of people I can't stand working with. Either their heads are so far up their asses that they think they can do everything perfectly when in reality they're effing up everything they get their bumbling hands on, or they go "Yeah, I suck at managing people but oh well, I'm going to keep sucking at it instead of either working to improve my skills or hiring someone who's better suited for the role." Learn something from Jeremy, peeps. If you're not good at something, either become good at it or, if you're still unable to get good at it for whatever reason (like if you're too wimpy to fire someone or you're too scatterbrained to handle accounting stuff), find someone to fill the void and strengthen your company or team. If you're too ignorant, dumb or stubborn to acknowledge your shortcomings and come up with a solution, you're only hurting yourself and the success of your business. So there you have it, my triumphant return to guest posting for Shoe. I kept it short and sweet. Hopefully my next one will be a bit meatier and contain more swear words and poop jokes. Tune in later this week to find out!