If you want a simple life,
spend extra to work with competent people.
Here’s what happens when you work with people who aren’t competent.
- They expect you to solve all their problems
- They don’t follow up
- You have to take on responsibility for the project
- They aren’t able to run through a repeatable process
- They aren’t able to respond succinctly to questions
- They aren’t able to deal with unexpected situations
- You need to explain the same thing several times
Sometimes this seems to be 80% of people.
This is fine.
But occasionally you will meet people who ooze competence. When you work with competent people, your life is easier, smoother, less stressful.
- Here’s how to spot them.
- they don’t use lingo or jargon.
- they don’t waste time.
- they can summarize succinctly.
- they are organised.
- things happen correctly.
- things happen with polish.
- they assume responsibility
- things get finished.
- things happen seemingly by themselves
- you don’t need to spend time hand holding
- you don’t need to tell them the next step
seek out and spend extra to work with competent people.
