Friday, June 10, 2011

Doers get no credit, but the teller does

It is the person who tells you what to do who gets the credit, not the person actually doing the work.

Ask any student: who built the Great Wall? Ok, many students will simply don't know. But for those who do, the answer will be Emperor Qin (and not the poor slaves who lay the bricks or those architects). The teller gets credit AND don't have to get hands dirty. Emperor Qin probably has no idea how to do it himself but he is able to make people listen to him.

Forward 2000+ years. Who earns more money than you by simply tell you to do things (and keep asking you status) even he has no idea how to do it?

It is the managers.

And even if something is successful who gets the credit?

It feels especially bad when the tellers are 10 years younger.

Rank-and-file doers should aim for the awesome occupation of just telling people what to do.

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