A Professor was on a three-months visit to a foreign university. He was given an office, and also the services of a typist whenever he needed one.
Once he wrote a manuscript by hand, and got it typed by the typist.
The Professor proofread the typed manuscript and found one spelling mistake. He asked the typist to correct it. The typist retyped the whole sheet of paper, and gave it to the Professor.
The Professor was surprised that the lady had typed the whole sheet for the sake of correcting just one mistake. He remarked that she could have corrected just that one mistake instead of retyping the whole sheet.
The typist remarked: I do not do that. My initials (D.H. for Debbie Huygen) are there at the bottom of every page.
The Professor was moved by the fact that the typist took such pride in her work.
The most important thing to do in life is to define our attitude towards our own work. Taking great pride in doing work well every time is one of the important elements of our attitude towards it. No one has a greater asset for his/her business than a person's pride in his/her work. Let's focus all our thoughts upon the work at hand and do it well. Work and self-worth are the two factors in pride that interact with each other and never let one suffer because of the other. Pride also prevents us from doing just enough to get by. If we know that everything we do at work has our name and signature on it, then we will give it our best shot and nothing less. Then our work will speak for itself and about us. Also, one of the strongest, lifelong, reliable motivation is the joy and pride that grow from knowing that we've just done something as well as we can do it. There is a special sense of satisfaction, a pride in doing a work which is well rounded, full, exact, complete in its parts. People may forget how fast we did a job, but they remember how well we did it. Let us always take PRIDE in what we do and do it well every time.
Once he wrote a manuscript by hand, and got it typed by the typist.
The Professor proofread the typed manuscript and found one spelling mistake. He asked the typist to correct it. The typist retyped the whole sheet of paper, and gave it to the Professor.
The Professor was surprised that the lady had typed the whole sheet for the sake of correcting just one mistake. He remarked that she could have corrected just that one mistake instead of retyping the whole sheet.
The typist remarked: I do not do that. My initials (D.H. for Debbie Huygen) are there at the bottom of every page.
The Professor was moved by the fact that the typist took such pride in her work.
The most important thing to do in life is to define our attitude towards our own work. Taking great pride in doing work well every time is one of the important elements of our attitude towards it. No one has a greater asset for his/her business than a person's pride in his/her work. Let's focus all our thoughts upon the work at hand and do it well. Work and self-worth are the two factors in pride that interact with each other and never let one suffer because of the other. Pride also prevents us from doing just enough to get by. If we know that everything we do at work has our name and signature on it, then we will give it our best shot and nothing less. Then our work will speak for itself and about us. Also, one of the strongest, lifelong, reliable motivation is the joy and pride that grow from knowing that we've just done something as well as we can do it. There is a special sense of satisfaction, a pride in doing a work which is well rounded, full, exact, complete in its parts. People may forget how fast we did a job, but they remember how well we did it. Let us always take PRIDE in what we do and do it well every time.
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