Message of the Day - The art, that is, what we do

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One night I picked up Chinese food for the family. I really enjoy Chinese food and will often try different dishes just to see if I like them or not. When I placed my order there were several other customers already there and some coming in behind me. The play was hopping. Behind the counter there were three people working. The first was taking orders and preparing the fried food (egg rolls and crab Rangoon) and bagging up the completed orders. The other two worked on the rest of the meals. For the last five minutes waiting for my order, I stood by the counter and watched the three people working.

 

Their motions were smooth and confident as they worked by a series of woks on one side and a table on the other where the food was being placed in to go containers. Each action they performed was either a preparation for the next action or a follow up of a previous action. It ran as that preverbal ‘well oiled machine’. They could have been pieces in an ornate clock or dancers as they moved so effortlessly on each task.

 

In a way it became artwork: Perfect motion, timing and action. I think the restaurant owner understood as I watched and smiled, as he smiled back and we bowed to each other in acknowledgement.

 

We may not see what we do day in and day out at artwork, but looking in from out outside, watching us do what we do best, it could easily be seen as art.

 

·         Call center representatives, fingers flying over their keyboards, maneuvering their mice to work through multiple programs perform a symphony of actions to achieve the goals by their caller.

·         Administrative Assistants and office staff crafting documents, PowerPoint’s and Excel charts are artisans painting another masterpiece. Unlike the art we see in museums, this art also has functional purpose, to convey a message to their audience.

·         Doctors helping patients use their skills and knowledge like ballet dancers. Chiropractors do a dance with their hands on backs of their patients to correct spinal and joint alignments.

·         Managers artistically direct their teams and resources to achieve their goals through choreography and direction, building something of value and importance.

·         Sales representatives sing songs through their sales presentations to their customers in the sharing of ideas and expressing the value of their wares.

·         Trainers and instructors perform operas of information which create gardens of growth teaming with a wealth of knowledge in the minds of their students.

·         Leaders paint on a canvas of their followers helping them grow and learn to be more than they are, creating a mosaic where a blank slate existed when the team first started.

 

In the hustle, bustle of our daily grind, we may not get to see that we are also artisans and some of us even master craftspeople, but if we get a moment to step back from what we do, we may be able to see the beauty that you create through our efforts.

 

When you can, take a moment to enjoy that art, that is, what we do.

 

Enjoy!

 

Sanford Berenberg

Sanford@berenberg.net

http://www.berenberg.net

http://sanfordberenberg.blogspot.com/

502-533-9336

 

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