Working consistently for a long time is not Se. There were years when I would work 4 am to 7pm every day for years. I have hard time measuring if the work is worthwhile. My LSE husband talks about work and what they are doing about the machines, the whole operations of things all the time. I am what my mil labeled as a green type; another corporate type testing label. She said I am steady, reliable, consistent, nothing up and down. This is why I can take the time to organize paperwork (where my husband hates paperwork) because it requires time and dedication to a system, without evaluating if this system will bring in more profits.
I place my effort in learning something for a long time (without the thought of $), without application to something financially worthwhile. Realists would question if they can make money out of the activity. Or, learning an idea well for a long time. I don't wonder will this make me more money or will this give me a status somewhere.
I'm dedicated to the job that I want to do well. I'm also loyal and honest to a fault so lucky for me I have a great LSI boss who recognizes my honesty as it is so difficult for him to trust people. I created a transparent system where he is always in the loop by the ideas that I had in the system and by knowing the personalities of the people who owned the company. Try asking him to let me go!
He used to be so skeptical so on edge when i started there. He would turn over every piece of paper to inspect it. When I discovered he's the "inspector" LSI I thought "how can I implement a system where he never has to wonder about mistrusting me" so I did research and came up with a system of checks and balances. I said "everything that I do is transparent and this is how you can check something from anywhere you are and any time you need to." He is so comfortable now. He walks in my office and jokes with me. He knows he has total control over his company in the aspects that I work on. I would love to expand my influence but honestly I don't want to. I'm being paid well so why should I bother.




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