Taking Ownership of Your Work

Taking Ownership of Your Work
By viewing your job, even if it is a minor position, as your very own enterprise, you set a course for success. Fei Meng
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During a recent visit with my brother, a retired chemist, he shared some advice that his first supervisor gave him over 35 years ago.

“I’d been there for a few months,” Doug said, “when the guy called me into his office one day and told me I should think of my job and my work in the lab as my own little store in a mall, that I could do whatever I wanted with it. I could grow it and make it successful, or I could just put in my time and let it languish. It was all up to me.”

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Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a passel of grandkids. He has written two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” as well as “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” You’ll find more of his writing at JeffMinick.substack.com.
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