
Originally Posted by
Charlie67
This year I'm going to work on being a good FOLLOWER.
I know this bucks the internet trend of "everyone's a leader", "be your own boss"... Hallmark's "let your passion lead you"... Blah blah blah. The harsh reality is this, for most people, passion doesn't lead to work, work leads to passion.
Look at what we as a race have accomplished by being good followers... The wars we've won, the innovations we've created, the geography we've covered. It's humbling to think what we've been able to accomplish by following innovators and deep thinkers.
(Note: Yeah yeah yeah... i know someone will bring up Nazis and other "followers" who've created horrific atrocities... That's not what I'm taking about)
Here's the deal, I work in a research think tank of sorts. I've only ever worked for super-geniuses in business suits who I've respected deeply and lived in awe of what they were capable of dreaming up. But starting next week, for the first time ever, I'll be working for a woman. I'm not being sexist, it's just a fact. Her research accolades speak for themselves, she's smart. But she has virtually no administrative experience, and my job is to run the administrative side of this operation. We had five candidates for her job, and I had her ranked fifth by a wide margin.
However, the people on the search committee are also incredibly smart, thoughtful, and I do believe have the best interests of the operation at heart. And this is who they picked (it's much more complicated then this in reality, but this is basically it)
So.... Headed into this year, I'm going to forget all of what I know of her, and as long as she's acting in an ethical and moral manner, I will do what she asks and I will follow her lead.
Uh.... Shit, sorry for the lengthy answer.