I’m using the word Xerox as a metaphor for, supposedly, “menial” tasks…or more to the point, our own sense of self-importance.
For me, as a small business owner, the xeroxing and the envelope stuffing, and the running to the post office are never over.
I have to do these things myself…and goddd, I think I’ve been collating documents for 30 years.
But when I was in corporate-land, I had “people” who did these tasks.
We learn when we start life at a big corporation that assistants do certain things, and managers…well..don’t.
I was speaking to a colleague, a very Sr. manager at a large company …read more