The foundations matter more
than the fireworks. A key to Capitalism is the idea that you can make yourself
redundant if you are an owner. Ownership is absolutely fundamental and not
negotiable. Exponential Growth means what you see now isn’t comparable to the
end number if you have skin in the game. Especially if the culture is one of “we
hire smart people and leave them alone”. If there is no facetime monitoring,
then it doesn’t matter how much of your own sweat went into getting a job done.
It matters if the job is done. Plenty of managers gradually find people they
trust, and do less of the work themselves. If they are buddies with the people
cutting the pie up, and were there when the foundations were being built, they can
put their running shoes on and head off to the park while the machine keeps
moving. Get a corner office. Work on “strategic thinking”. Make sure the effort
you are putting in is foundation building. If you are living hand-to-mouth, it
is likely you are building someone else’s redundancy.
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