Our dream job is always the one that we don't have. Why are our dreams
distant when it concerns our profession? Let's consider this. There are
three kinds of people who contribute to any business: the Thinkers, the
Doers and the Negotiators. Thinkers invest, Doers work and Negotiators
sell. Ideally, Thinkers are the ones that start a business, employ
Negotiators as salesmen, and Doers as
core employees. Doers are not risk-takers enough to start a business,
negotiators don't understand the technicalities enough, and thinkers
can't exert themselves enough to do. Every business has a core
operation: Teaching in a school, financial analyst in a finance firm,
engineer in an engineering firm - those are the doers. Negotiators are
the sales people in every firm: It doesn't matter what you sell, if you
have them on your side, you sell well. Thinkers are those who start the
business or have the innovative ideas. Unfortunately, not in all
businesses are things driven by the Thinkers, done by the Doers and sold
by the Negotiators. Negotiators could be influenced by the salaries of
the Software industry and turn developers, the Doers might be attracted
by the gains of the businessmen and take up entrepreneurship and the
Thinkers might settle for a sales job that gives them the freedom of
effort.
Identify what your MDs/CEOs should be: The Thinkers should be the innovators of the industry who are free from insecurities of the business and who are open-minded and logical. Identify your Doers as people who like to put in that extra effort towards maintaining quality and who are sticklers for timeliness. Identify your Negotiators as people who are punctual to the tee and are realistic about your product. Misfits destroy the harmony of work: A Negotiator in the Doers' job shamelessly coaxes work out of a colleague, a Doer in the Thinkers' job is a strict boss who mistrusts employees, and a Thinker in the Negotiators' job is simply wasting his time. Identify who you are: What gives you more pleasure - Doing for the sake of accomplishing a task (Doer), delivering a solution through effective communication (Negotiator) or think up an innovative product / solution that enhances user / customer experience / revenue (Thinker). Everyone is a mix of all three, but one of the characteristics should be dominant. Having said all this, I'd like to impress upon the Thinkers to push and effect the change. They are the people who have to drive businesses. Here's an appeal to you to identify who you are and to act upon it. Change your job, start a business or go freelance; Ultimately be happy, knowing what you are and fulfilling that end.
Identify what your MDs/CEOs should be: The Thinkers should be the innovators of the industry who are free from insecurities of the business and who are open-minded and logical. Identify your Doers as people who like to put in that extra effort towards maintaining quality and who are sticklers for timeliness. Identify your Negotiators as people who are punctual to the tee and are realistic about your product. Misfits destroy the harmony of work: A Negotiator in the Doers' job shamelessly coaxes work out of a colleague, a Doer in the Thinkers' job is a strict boss who mistrusts employees, and a Thinker in the Negotiators' job is simply wasting his time. Identify who you are: What gives you more pleasure - Doing for the sake of accomplishing a task (Doer), delivering a solution through effective communication (Negotiator) or think up an innovative product / solution that enhances user / customer experience / revenue (Thinker). Everyone is a mix of all three, but one of the characteristics should be dominant. Having said all this, I'd like to impress upon the Thinkers to push and effect the change. They are the people who have to drive businesses. Here's an appeal to you to identify who you are and to act upon it. Change your job, start a business or go freelance; Ultimately be happy, knowing what you are and fulfilling that end.
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