“My job is to get things done. I have my daily list right here, I make sure things are checked and then checked-off as completed. If it doesn’t get done, I find out why and make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
OK, good.
Sounds like you’ve got that covered. I know you work hard and there is so much to appreciate in that.
However, let me put a new slant on this.
Maybe there is a new way we could look at our task driven jobs that might bring more excitement, meaning and involvement.
How about this –
“My job is not just to get things done. My job is to create amazing outcomes. When I check something off my list, it is because in some way it adds to an amazing shopping experience, brings delight and strengthens profitability.”
“In other words, a task is not checked-off on my list until I know it will add value to the co-op.”
What do you think?
I think if we just look at our jobs as getting tasks done we’re really missing the boat.
We need to always be raising up our gaze to see what all these tasks we’re in charge of are really for.
Tasks are not the ends in and of themselves. They are what we do to elevate and create impact and outcomes, in every common moment of every common day.
The success and viability of our co-ops in the marketplace rests on valuing our time in such a way that every task is producing meaning and is honored as such.
Let’s make sure we are not working just for work’s sake.
Let’s work to make a difference!