Wednesday, March 10, 2021
“I’m just doing my job.”
How many times have you heard someone say this?
First, let’s look at the word “just.” What do you infer from that? Doing the minimum? Accepting average performance? Apologizing?
What happens when we remove the word, just?
“I’m doing my job.”
That’s a more powerful statement. It states a fact, non-emotional, direct. Perhaps even some pride in that statement.
OK, let’s look at the other opportunity in this brief phrase.
What if you replace the word “doing” with something else?
What if you replaced “doing” with “improving” or “impacting” or “enhancing” or “reinventing” or “transforming”?
Words matter, don’t they?
About Marsha Egan, CPCU, CSP, PCC, ICF-Certified CoachMarsha Egan, is CEO of the Egan Group, Inc., Nantucket MA and an internationally recognized professional speaker. She is a leading authority on email productivity. Her acclaimed ?12 Step Program for E-Mail E-ddiction? received international attention, being featured on ABC Nightly News, Fox News, and newspapers across the globe. In early 2009, the program was adapted into a book, Inbox Detox and the Habit of E-mail Excellence (Acanthus 2009 - http://InboxDetox.com/book) Marsha works with forward-thinking organizations that want to create a profit-rich and productive email culture. Marsha was named one of Pennsylvania?s Top 50 Women in Business in 2006.