We can tell when someone’s being brave. When someone is doing important work for important reasons, something we can get behind. When you pick out gifts just for us, and when you regift last-minute.
289: You don’t get to-do that anymore
September 26 2018
The ratchet effect in a growing team suggests that, sometimes, you don’t get to-do that anymore:
- The toil you know is more comfortable than the toil you don’t. We enjoy what we’re good at, so letting it go is asking for discomfort.
- Leading others toward your toil takes time you could have spent doing it yourself. Yet leading others forward is what helps your company grow.
- What comes next is even harder. Now what? It’s time to draw a new map, rather than following your old one. That one’s not yours anymore.
The ratchet effect creates leverage but can be uncomfortable to crank. Is your work important enough to you to make you trade your to-dos for discomfort?
