Robert Hruzek on Jun 8th 2007 at 5:51 am What I Learned From..., musings, projects, writing

No Respect

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Rodney DangerfieldSpeaking of the World of Work…

Y’know, a lot of times the things that are totally mundane and boring in life are actually pretty critical. Oh, sure, we’d all like spend all our time doing meaningful and important stuff; things that make a difference, right?

Unfortunately, there’s much more to Getting Things Done than that.

You run a business that improves the lives of people in some shape or fashion? Great! But what about the grunt work that keeps that business alive? Let’s see… there’s bookkeeping, inventory, payroll; all the yucky, totally unglamorous stuff that’s necessary for any endeavor to succeed.

Those parts of a business are like the Rodney Dangerfield of the world of work - they get no respect. But they are oh, so important!

So, what is it that gets no respect in your life?

(If you’ve learned anything interesting from the world of work, why not share it with the rest of us in our What I Learned From… group writing project? Just write a post about it, and send me a link. I’ll post all the links right here on Monday, June 11.)

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5 responses so far

5 Responses to “No Respect”

  1. # Karin H.on Jun 8th 2007 at 8:53 am

    Hey Robert,

    You can make those unglamorous stuff glamorous too!
    As a ‘passionate’ bookkeeper myself fact and figures are great! Turn it into a graph and whoops: glamours stuff appears that takes the breath away from anyone (specially when the curves go up and up and up!)

    :-)

    Karin H. (Keep It Simple Sweetheart, specially in business)

  2. # Mikeon Jun 8th 2007 at 9:12 am

    As a middle management, I live in the nether world between upper management and regular employees.
    We live on promises and dreams—ambition is our only friend.
    Good thing at 51– I am back in school.

  3. # Robert Hruzekon Jun 8th 2007 at 12:23 pm

    Karin, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have put it quite like I did. You can tell what things I consider drudgery, can’t you! :-)

    Mike, I went back to school late and had a ball, learning how to learn all over again. Paid off well, too. Hang in there, Buddy! Totally worth it.

  4. # Eric "Speedcat Hollydale"on Jun 8th 2007 at 10:54 pm

    I had worked for a moving company for 15 years. They sold out to a bigger company, and I was left looking for a new job. Hard work gets you zip!
    You have a fantastic blog. I like the way you get others involved :-)
    Great links, great writing, not to shabby.
    Speedycat

  5. # Robert Hruzekon Jun 9th 2007 at 2:16 pm

    Thanks, Speedcat - love the name!

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