Hello Friends...
As I enjoy the last day of my vacation before returning to work I was thinking about what motivates me in my work with others. My first job out of college was as a policy typist for a large insurance company. Typing was far from what I would call a specialty of mine but I was grateful for the job. It occurred to me if I could understand what I was typing then perhaps I would have a better chance of interpreting the content. Way back then everything was manually written and trying to figure out an insurance agent's handwriting was more than a daunting task.
I decided to ask a senior underwriter if she would take time to explain the boxes in the application. She looked at me impatiently and quickly replied 'that I didn't need to understand it, I just needed to type it'. I remember in that moment thinking, I would always make time to coach others. I would never be that busy that I couldn't take the time to spend with others. It remains to this very day at the core of what is important to me and makes every moment of coaching others worthwhile. What motivates me most is enabling that success and in the process finding mine. Until next time...
Blondie
As I enjoy the last day of my vacation before returning to work I was thinking about what motivates me in my work with others. My first job out of college was as a policy typist for a large insurance company. Typing was far from what I would call a specialty of mine but I was grateful for the job. It occurred to me if I could understand what I was typing then perhaps I would have a better chance of interpreting the content. Way back then everything was manually written and trying to figure out an insurance agent's handwriting was more than a daunting task.
I decided to ask a senior underwriter if she would take time to explain the boxes in the application. She looked at me impatiently and quickly replied 'that I didn't need to understand it, I just needed to type it'. I remember in that moment thinking, I would always make time to coach others. I would never be that busy that I couldn't take the time to spend with others. It remains to this very day at the core of what is important to me and makes every moment of coaching others worthwhile. What motivates me most is enabling that success and in the process finding mine. Until next time...
Blondie
I totally agree - everyone does a better job when they understand what they are doing and they take the time to do it right when it matters to them.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting. Understanding gives context, and context helps make the kind of determinations that were asked of you. That's why you see modern web applications make use of suggestions as you type, like what google does in its search text field.
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