Doing Work That Matters!

The best advice one can get in any stage of their career is simple – do what you like and like what you do! Unless this is truly internalized, chances are that this state of mind will be a flip-flop – triggered by external, circumstantial influences, is very high! Fragile, Oscillatory and not sustainable!

Sustainability is associated with Happiness! – most sought after state of mind! If happiness is your business model, there is a different need – Doing Work That Matters!

Yesterday, met a water pump mechanic who is always busy finding & fixing problems with a bright smile on the face – glued permanently. He is known for not being on-time, generally expensive and adventurous! Interestingly, people are ready to wait for him, pay as much he demands and willing to let him try innovative solutions!

He sounded rich in experience and money! It seems he has the habit of working on own with couple of helping hands employed as trainees for 6 months! There is a queue of people interested in working with him on probation. Mostly, these folks start own business after the training! Imagine – a master, training and building a base of competition for his own business!

Ask how does this work for him – He says: “I love seeing the smile on the face of my customers when their problem is solved. I have been lucky to put people in their happy zone once I solve their water problem. People call me ‘Bagiratha’ the saintly king who was instrumental in getting Ganga down to earth!. I count the smiles, the money follows. Will not charge any thing if I don’t solve the problem or my solution fails! When it is fixed, I ask for 10, people give me additional 100! My trainees are happy to learn and be on their own. They will never compete with me – in fact, they form my independent network. End of the day, I make my customers happy, employees happy and I am happy! I think the work I do matters a lot to everyone around me, so I have stuck to this business in this fashion for over 20 yrs!”

Doing work that matters!

Knowing that our work counts is to know that we count! A definitive goal for the year is – to explore and do what really matters!

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