Good Morning,
I had a thought hit me over the weekend. I was looking at my watch and thinking about the gears and springs and all the working parts of an old fashioned Swiss watch and it hit me that what I do at my day job is just like those springs and gears.
When you look at the watch, you see the face and the hands, but you don’t see the gears that keep them moving in time.
When you look at the watch band you see the rest of the watch, but again, you don’t see the gears and inner workings.
When you look at the clear crystal or the jewels imbedded in the watch, you don’t see the gears and inner workings.
No matter how much you study the watch and admire its beauty and precision, the work of the gears is never seen (except for a few watches actually designed to show the gears).
But should those gears ever stop working, then the beautiful timepiece becomes only as valuable as the values of its component parts, basically its scrap value.
When I looked at my watch, I realized that my work adds value because of the accomplishments of the team and leadership.
I may not be in the limelight or even known by other members of the company. People who call my unit will hardly ever reach me. My coworkers often have no clue as to what I actually do, but it is all in keeping the entire team moving in perfect time. Okay, near perfect time.
How many of you are in the same place, where you work hard every day and yet are not seen for what you do? (Yes, our bosses do know what we do, but few others).
Like me you can step back and enjoy the fruits of our labors as our teams succeed.
We are the gears and springs that keep everything moving.
And that is pretty cool.
Enjoy!
Sanford Berenberg
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