How to be a Better Employee in 40 Days (or Less)

One of the best ways to be prepared for the future is to keep what you already have. Here are some personal observations about how to be a better employee. In my experience, the best employees reap the biggest rewards. Feel free to disagree.

• Arrive 5 minutes early (first to arrive)
• Stay 5 minutes late (last to leave)
• Be prepared
• Dress the part
• Get organized
• Take initiative
• Learn continuously
• Get motivated
• Be visible
• Be nice
• Be persistent
• Be honest
• Be a team player
• Get engaged
• Go all in
• Make your boss’s job easier
• Do it right the first time
• Develop thick skin
• Act in the company’s interest
• Go the extra mile
• Give 101%
• Make meetings productive
• Build your own brand
• Volunteer
• Do what your co-workers won’t
• Understand your benefits
• Invest in a retirement plan
• Get educated
• Improve your skills
• Develop yourself
• Invest in self-improvement
• Be flexible
• Be realistic
• Let your work speak for you
• Participate in the performance review process
• Keep your resume updated
• Create value
• Be a follower
• Be a leader on your team
• Be supportive

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How to Generate Massive Amounts of Free Compost

If you have difficulty finding horse manure to use for composting try Craigslist. Where I live, a quick search yields all the free horse manure you could ever desire. :-)

As an alternative, you could also use rabbit manure. I have personally used rabbit manure for vermicomposting for several years. I like it as a alternative to horses and cattle. Rabbits are not generally given the same types of medications that larger domestic livestock receive.

Armed with this new knowledge and strategy for generating an unlimited supply of free compost for gardening, you now have no excuse not to start your own backyard garden.

To speed up the process you could inoculate the compost pile with some red wiggler worms, but in my experience that's not really necessary. A big pile of the "stuff" will attract red wigglers on its' own. But if you already have some red wigglers, or can find a source of them from a family, friend, or neighbor by all means use them to turbo charge your composting efforts.