The rarity of the ability to execute

This week I read a story about a man named Rowan who had the reputation that if it had to be done he was the man to do it.  This person did not ask questions about the task he simply did it.  This reminded me of my youth when my parents would ask me to do the dishes.  I would find myself whining and complaining about the task and would expend for more energy in the “why me” than in doing the actual job.  I recall my parents asking if I could, just once, do the job the first time without complaining or finding reasons why I should not have to do it.

I really enjoyed this story and wondered if I am that guy now.  One of my employees has become that guy.  When he first hired on we were tasked with many different jobs for a manufacturing company.  The employee struggled and wondered “why him” when ever he had just finished a project and then had to tear it out and do it a different way because the company who employed us had changed their mind.  His thought process changed when he realized that when ever the company changed their mind that was more money we as a company could make.  At first having to tear out quality work he had just finished was demoralizing, now he is elated to have more work.

Lessons learned

Employees can become a person who executes without supervision

Lesson yet to learn

Becoming someone who executes in all aspects of life