I’m interested to hear your thoughts on the Awe over the next week weeks. I, too, had a Kyocera Rise. It operated horribly, so I’ve switched to the ZTE Awe. 
I think you’ll be very impressed. I’ve only had it a week, but I’m very happy with it so far.

Audre

Electronics aren’t supposed to be cheap!

When we first starting making computers and cell phones, it costed an arm and leg to have those really nice slow systems.  At the early age of all this, it was consider the best there was for electronics and everyone was at AWE over it!   I don’t think we ever really imagined that the price of electronics would go down to almost nothing.   I’m currently working on a laptop the Acer Chromebook 11.1 Display and later on I will review it fully.   The problem with some of the stuff that is so cheap is in several places.

Companies don’t care!

When we first started having problems with computers you can bet Dell and Microsoft did everything they could to put the customer first.   Now a days we have companies like Apple who is slowly getting to the point of using math to figure out just how much bad components can we get away with and still make a profit.  I am sure each and every company does a full cost analysis on price versus failure of the products they sell or are indending to sell.  Not to say that isn’t a bad approach but it is definetly flawed in my opinion.   If they were more worried about the cutomer they would of been more successful because when Amazon US started off they never had to worry about advertising.  They used the word of mouth from other customers to drive their business because they believed in the customer first philosophy.

Customers don’t care!

Now this is probably going to spark some kind of controversy and I am sure I am not the only one seeing it but customers, that is you, have gotten tired of complaining to the companies.   Since they don’t care, you know you can fix the problem so you accept it and go on with your life.   This should not be the normal response, when A company I have a beef with wrongs me and I know they have.  I will not tolerate it and either call them up to fix it or take my business elsewhere and then they will not get any more income from me!

Quality has went the way of the Dinosaur!

Yep, It isn’t nothing new but if we expected quality then those electronic devices would probably be not so cheap and worthless.  I also know that quality is the key point in all three reason but it is the most important reason.   Companies who try to intragrate quality and start caring will be a two fold process.  Customers will recommend them more, and they will get a loyal customer base.   If you try to trick a customer and think they are dumb, then you must think your smart.   In truth, customers know what they want and how they wasnt it but they are fed up with the way they are treated when problems arise.   

Is there a company that you would like to see fixed?  Have they Wrong you?  Let’s discuss it in the comments!

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better. Jim Rohn

I have been seriously thinking about what a leader does and it has come to my attention there are five traits that are essential for any leader to lead and I will touch upon each and every one of these!

“A Leader leads by example!”

This one really talks about what each leader should do.   In my current working environment, we see people who are getting away with murder and this creates an environment that we don’t have to listen to the person who is in lead.   It is simply the fact that if they say one thing and then does something totally different with another person than why should we listen to the complaining.

Expecting Expectations!

If you don’t expect someone to give you some kind of expectations than you aren’t working.   Each place I have worked for and worked at their are defined expectations of what is required and what is needed.   I have seen this from other places but as of late, it has been quite difficult to understand or even grasp with my current working environment due to leadership.   If only leaders would be more proactive and try to convey all their expectations clearly and want you to succeed everyday your at work then it would make for an even better day!

Encouraging feedback!

whether your the lowest person on the totem pole or the boss in a company you are constantly looking to be encouraged and defined by your peers.   So we all want some kind of encouragement and even feedback on how we are doing in the day to day grind.   Nothing says your a leader until you learn that you didn’t get where you are without the people who you lead to great success, no matter how low they are in the scale.  if only leaders would do this more often you would see how success comes in waves to everyone involve!

Get your Hands dirty!

This is also seems to be getting away from leaders they have not done some of these jobs that they claim they have in the past and have forgotten the small guy.   If you really want to make a difference in today’s economy, you should stop what you doing and do a job one of your employees are doing just so you can remember just how hard they are working and thus you can give them so great encouragement and feedback on what they are doing everyday of their lives.

These are just four of the many traits any leader should use to become even better at their job and to make their job and others a success by understanding their employees and what they do.