This is so good! Sorry for the wall of text but I would like I to share
1- the best person is not the right person
2- none of your business
3- helping out
1- some of the special forces like the seals say it loud an clear, we wont get the best, we will get someone we can trust.
At my work I was never the best, they had many people with salaries so nice they would go basejumping on the weekends and shopping to France every couple of months.
But when they needed someone to go overseas during christmas to fix a big issue, they knew no one would take the job, but me, and thats why they had me on their team, they could rely on me.
2 - Once at a new job the owner gave me the greenest of the flags “get things done he said” and If I had a suggestion he wouldnt even take a moment and would just go “green light , go , go go.
Once I asked him about a thing and he turned to me and said “none of your business” and waited so we could continue with the next one. And that was so liberating because they trusted me enough they could tell me I had better things to do and I kept on it. So yup a NO is a great tool when you need it.
3 - I have a small piggibank so I can join creators on their journey and help them reach their goals. One day I saw an artist was really really going hard on offering commissions, they needed the cash. So I said hey lets do it. And requested a couple.
They barely delivered the first one. I reached and mentioned how I really just wanted to help. Those commissions were for me I wasnt using them on something yet so there was no rush or pressure, just have a great day and get a chance to get better.
Nothing changed.
I reached for a last time and mentioned not to worry, my goal was to help and I wished they can have a better month on the next one. Consider the commission closed. And I did that because I didnt wanted someone who was having a hard time put extra pressure on themselves. Of course they had the whole opportunity to do what they wanted to do, be an artist and get paid for it. But there is only so much you can do if they wont even accept the incoming opportunities and do their part. Life is hard and rough, but don’t think no one cares, we do, just get up and do it.
This is so good! Sorry for the wall of text but I would like I to share
1- the best person is not the right person
2- none of your business
3- helping out
1- some of the special forces like the seals say it loud an clear, we wont get the best, we will get someone we can trust.
At my work I was never the best, they had many people with salaries so nice they would go basejumping on the weekends and shopping to France every couple of months.
But when they needed someone to go overseas during christmas to fix a big issue, they knew no one would take the job, but me, and thats why they had me on their team, they could rely on me.
2 - Once at a new job the owner gave me the greenest of the flags “get things done he said” and If I had a suggestion he wouldnt even take a moment and would just go “green light , go , go go.
Once I asked him about a thing and he turned to me and said “none of your business” and waited so we could continue with the next one. And that was so liberating because they trusted me enough they could tell me I had better things to do and I kept on it. So yup a NO is a great tool when you need it.
3 - I have a small piggibank so I can join creators on their journey and help them reach their goals. One day I saw an artist was really really going hard on offering commissions, they needed the cash. So I said hey lets do it. And requested a couple.
They barely delivered the first one. I reached and mentioned how I really just wanted to help. Those commissions were for me I wasnt using them on something yet so there was no rush or pressure, just have a great day and get a chance to get better.
Nothing changed.
I reached for a last time and mentioned not to worry, my goal was to help and I wished they can have a better month on the next one. Consider the commission closed. And I did that because I didnt wanted someone who was having a hard time put extra pressure on themselves. Of course they had the whole opportunity to do what they wanted to do, be an artist and get paid for it. But there is only so much you can do if they wont even accept the incoming opportunities and do their part. Life is hard and rough, but don’t think no one cares, we do, just get up and do it.