If you pick up a piece of trash that that make you a garbage man?
If you make coffee and tea for a meeting, does that make you waitress?
If you wipe up a spill that is on the floor does that make you a maid?
If you help someone complete a task does that mean that you can now claim their job title?
If you complete an assignment from someone other than who you report to, does that mean that you now work for them?
(It always bothers me to hear someone say that they work for this person or that person. If we are part of the same company, this means we are on the same team, which means we all work for one another)
If you help a puppy who has wandered out in the street, does that make you the animal control?
If you answer the phone at the switch board, does that make you the receptionist?
If you…..if you….if you….. this can go on forever.
Too many people who have no sense of who they are or who covet what others do or have, will feel the need to change their title for every little thing that they do, especially if it is something that they feel like they should be doing anyway. BUT take note that these are the same people who will never change their title to maid because they would rather call someone else to wipe up a small spill than to do it themselves. They would never change their title to garbage man, because they find that dealing with trash or picking up trash is beneath them. They feel this way because they identify themselves with what they do.
When you KNOW who are, picking up trash doesn’t bother you… wiping up a spill is looking out for the next person and not a chore for what you consider to be for a “lesser” person…. helping a colleague doesn’t mean that you have to tell others that you helped that person and think that gives you the right to claim their job title…..when you KNOW who you are, the title DOESN’T mean anything ANYWAY. It is not the title that defines you, but rather the humble heart of service that you have behind the title that guides you into excellence, not the title itself.
That is why no matter what you do in this life be it a trash man or the president of a company, you can be excellent because of your excellence!!!
Know who you are and serve with a spirit of teamwork and a heart of integrity.
Just pondering life…..Helen