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Choice

I am reminded by Giles' post that there are two kinds of people in work – those who will do the job and those who want to make the job better. I don't think this distinction has ever been more important but sadly, there are too few of the latter around. And it makes a difference – surrounding yourself with free-thinkers frees up your own thinking. And if you limit your thinking, it's a form of self-sabotage.

In the end, it's all about choice. Its so easy to forget that our lives are governed by the choices we make. I forget it all the time. But to paraphrase John Grant, the choice is ultimately between stagnation – going round and round and becoming a smaller a version of yourself – and generativity: starting, creating, exploring…

Making

things

better.

4 responses to “Choice”

  1. windo Avatar
    windo

    I find this much more difficult in larger organizations. Smaller shops w/likeminded people probably have a better ratio of the two sets of people in the workplace. Small, start-ups are sounding so much more appealing right now.

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    windo

    I find this much more difficult in larger organizations. Smaller shops w/likeminded people probably have a better ratio of the two sets of people in the workplace. Small, start-ups are sounding so much more appealing right now.

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  3. RNB Avatar
    RNB

    “There are two kinds of people in work – those who will do the job and those who want to make the job better.”
    I completely agree. Well said. It wasn’t worth a comment just to say that, but once we move away from purely creative tasks to broader project management, it is similar to a general point that I’ve been banging on about recently, though a completely obvious one:
    There are two types of people in management too: those who manage and those who lead. The first type are just administrators, passing on deadlines from directors to workers. A manager is only worth more than a spreadsheet if she can provide a new direction.

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  4. RNB Avatar
    RNB

    “There are two kinds of people in work – those who will do the job and those who want to make the job better.”
    I completely agree. Well said. It wasn’t worth a comment just to say that, but once we move away from purely creative tasks to broader project management, it is similar to a general point that I’ve been banging on about recently, though a completely obvious one:
    There are two types of people in management too: those who manage and those who lead. The first type are just administrators, passing on deadlines from directors to workers. A manager is only worth more than a spreadsheet if she can provide a new direction.

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