The habit of being fully present in whatever that is of importance am involved in often get me recognized as the dedicated type, this reflected into my working career over the years with my first major job as a bar manager between 2008-2010.
The status or call it fame from that job almost got me killed the night the club was robbed, I was the target as the guys came pointing guns at me demanding for money.
Looking back am always grateful for making the bold move to quit the managerial role of working in a bar. Few years later my career in telecommunication came to life, it wasn't long for me to find favor with the boss, that natural habit of dedication, putting in the effort, asking questions and the desire to learn had my boss threw me under the bus to manage my first site.
I wasn't confident for such role back then and honestly I didn't know much, I was still learning with just six months in the company. A company that had the boss's brother working with us and longer than me, imagine being placed above such employee and others of higher status than me. It wasn't the easiest of project for me to run.
It might interest you to know despite the challenges, I got the support from a dedicated type like myself that was employed by the company same time as me and also the support from rest of the teammate, at the end of the day it is a team work, its either we win as a team or fail.
I liked that I became the boss's favorite but I learned something from him one day when he invited us to watch a leadership video.
The takeaway for me from that video was the use of I instead of we. Prior to that when reporting to the boss I will say "I did..."
Whether am the leader of the team or not I realized it doesn't matter, I cultivated the habit of using "we did..."
What I realized from this is being a team work I can't get the job done all by myself so better when reporting I use the word we and interestingly the boss knows the capabilities of his employees.
Why all this rant about my work life you might ask? The point is we some times place our interests on things that don't really matter, aside the experience that matters in the work place getting paid and getting paid fairly well pays the bill. Over time I'd rather not be a team leader to avoid the responsibilities that comes with it because most of the time from personal experience the status at work doesn't come with extra paycheck.
I have experienced employees fighting for positions at work with hypocritic characters at the expense of fellow employees which isn't worth it for money as a motive.
Status or money? Money all the way!
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