Boss to subordinate to quiet mediocrity

Boxes of iPhones

 

(photo: We can approach our day trying to maintain things or trying to become remarkable – which is what our customers want)

Boss: Do everything you’re supposed to do plus one or two projects that add great value to our department.

Subordinate: Hmm… Ok. Sounds good. (Then quietly thinks to herself, “So you’re saying do a ‘good’ job at my day job, and do one or two great things on the side?”)

What this tells the employee is that pursuing excellence, you know, being freaking remarkable at your day job, is not the main focus.

What if the ‘side-project’ was to become the main project?

All day.

Everyday.

Excellent.

A category of one.

Too high?

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If work is so much fun, why can we hardly stand it?

Eyes and Ears Central Florida publication

 

(photo: Eyes and Ears is a large Central Florida publication… it’s common to see this everywhere in the Orlando area)

If she was a chef like the mouse in Ratatouille and experimented with every type of food and crazy combinations people would call her a lunatic (until the end of the movie).

If he was Mr. Incredible and couldn’t help himself from trying to catch the bad guys even though he no longer works as a superhero people would call him a freak (until the end of the movie).

If she wanted to join the men-only army to save her father, people would label her insane (until the end of the movie).

What inspires us to push through the labels and do what we feel in our heart needs to be done?

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