Can we talk candidly with each other for a moment this morning? Forget about everyone else, right now it’s just you and me. Friends, talking over a drink outside the four walls of the office. You know the setting, a place where you and I can get real and honest with each other without consequence or retribution.
You good with that?
Great. I wanted to ask you a question that I was challenged with this past week. And the more I thought about it the more intrigued I got about the idea.
Would you hire you to do the job you currently do?
It’s a question that the more I ponder, the more relevant it has become.
Last week we discussed the idea of leaving a mark, and I’ve since added the idea of seizing the moment to that on my own personal journey, but along the way I’ve recognized that if I’m not up to the task of doing what I’m supposed to be doing, I’ve got some adjustments that need to be made before I’m situated to leave that mark.
Which raises the notion that if I wouldn’t hire me to do what I’ve been hired to do, were did the breakdown occur and what steps am I taking to correct it. In other words, if on a daily basis I am in effect simply phoning it in and not giving it my all - why on earth should I continue to get paid to simply half-ass the effort I’m bring paid money to do.
The fact is, if we aren’t giving it our all, we are not only letting ourselves down but those around us as well. And I for one don’t want to be the topic of conversation as others sit around drinks each night bemoaning the fact that we aren’t carrying our fair share of the workload. I don’t want to be the one singled out for subpar performance.
I want to be the one setting the world on fire and tackling each and every task as if my life depended on it. To accomplish that means I need to be giving my all - all the time. I know that seems unrealistic, and in some cases it probably is. But what I know is absent that desire the throws of mediocrity will quickly set it meaning your role within your role quickly becomes marginalized with others most likely having to pick up the slack.
I’ve got a friend who recently shared with me how annoyed they were as a co-worker spends most of their day tackling the mind numbing chore of managing fantasy sports teams. This really irritated my friend as this co-worker was a cohort on a project that bore both their names.
As we dove deeper into the discussion, my friend revealed that their co-worker had never even set themselves up on a particular software program needed to complete the project meaning my friend ended up completing most of the project.
Getting down to the brass tacks revealed that most, if not all the frustration with this co-worker was predicated on that fact that at the completion of the project both names would appear even though one did the majority of the work.
I don’t know about you, but for me being that other person who slacks off is not a role I want to assume.
So let me ask you the question again this time within the context of our conversation here. Would you hire you to do the job you are currently doing?
If the answer is, “Yes”, Great. If the answer is, “No”, what things do you need to start doing today to effect the change necessary to change that No to Yes?
It may not seem like a hard question but it is a needed challenge. This week, spend time making sure that job you are doing is meeting or exceeding the job you were hired to do. And if it isn’t, make this the week to start the change.
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