The brave and the professional
Quite often you look at business, goal achieving, sport and the like you see bravery and professionalism present as important ingredients of success. Yesterday I had a good example of this in action at a personal level. My son Caleb got a splinter about 2 cm long in his toe, from one side to the other. It was jammed in and every time we pulled at it with the tweezers the tip of it would just break of.
For a three year old I was amazed how brave he was when it came to dealing with it. He was upset and teary but nothing like what I expected when he saw the splinter. It was huge, scary and he knew it was going to have to come out. Our initial thought was, “this is going to be a nightmare”.
Fortunately his reaction was very good, lots of tears but not a panic attack. We were at a birthday and luckily Jeanette a friend of ours, whose a nurse, helped get it out in a very professional manner.
It makes you realise skill and expertise is vital in dealing with a problem well. It also reminded me of that old saying “leave it to the professional”.
Quite often in business and at home I’ll hang on to tasks because I believe I can do them better. The reality is I can’t. The “Professional” has education, training and experience in the specific task at hand. Hard to match.
