{"id":3413,"date":"2018-07-18T17:58:47","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T12:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techjockey.com\/blog\/?p=3413"},"modified":"2024-10-04T12:03:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T06:33:13","slug":"journey-of-employees-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techjockey.com\/blog\/journey-of-employees-engagement","title":{"rendered":"The Journey of Employees \u2013 How to Go from Ordinary to Extraordinary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Do you remember your first day of work? The day you stepped out of the comfort and safety of your home to the big, bad world where your family wouldn\u2019t be able to protect you from every little misstep and fall. Just pause for a bit and remember that time. Was your stomach in a knot or had butterflies bursting out? Were you excited, a little nervous, or simply petrified?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No matter how you felt that day, it was a huge moment. An employee with big stars in your eyes and dreams. A dream of having a better life, a dream of working at a place that interests you and challenges you, at the same time. A dream to be respected at work. Where people look up to you, want to be like you. After all, no one thinks that they are ordinary. We all believe we\u2019re extraordinary in one way or the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An extraordinary person is simply one who does things that ordinary people are unable to or won\u2019t do. Consistently. Day in, day out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are quite a few people who possess amazing skills and knowledge, yet barely turn up for work and do not put in their maximum effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They lack hunger. Hungry people have an ingrained desire to succeed. They may not necessarily be the most talented or the most intelligent. Yet they possess an essential ingredient to become extraordinary. The insane drive to be successful at all costs. To be more than the sum of their parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To become the best, you have to put in persistent effort each day, every day. That\u2019s what differentiates ordinary folks from the hallowed extraordinary ones. Success is available to one and all. All one has to do is apply themselves daily and sprinkle it with a bit of extra effort on top!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Constant and consistent application. That\u2019s the secret behind consistently delivering quality. I believe the best way to reinforce a point you\u2019re trying to make is by giving an apt example. Let\u2019s talk about Fred Smith. He founded Federal Express based on a compelling idea: the promise of overnight delivery. No questions asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But how did Federal Express build its reputation? Consistently fulfilling the promise daily and making slight improvements built it. Federal Express, in fact, went a step further than just simply picking up and delivering a shipment to its destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They chose Memphis, Tennessee as a base to establish their warehouse operations where their major shippers could store their oft-ordered goods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
FedEx chose Memphis for its central location and the consistent operation of its airport throughout the year, regardless of bad weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The shipper only had to inform FedEx when a customer placed an order with them, and they would deliver their order from Memphis to anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The crux of the story is you don\u2019t have to be in the business of shipping to deliver quality day in and day out. You can become a FedEx of your own field whether you sell real estate, design websites, deliver packages, or register domain names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is of utmost importance is how you cultivate an attitude of excellence among your people and inspire them to deliver quality on an everyday basis. An attitude of excellence can transform run-of-the-mill people into champions of quality. Ordinary people are satisfied with a 99% quality standard and feel that it\u2019s good enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Extraordinary people know for a fact that if they were to settle for the 99% standard, everyday life would turn into a catastrophe. You\u2019d see three misspelled words on each website page you visit. Wrong drug prescriptions being given to 200,000 people. Not scared yet? Then, picture doctors and nurses dropping 35,000 new-born babies and food poisoning taking the lives of 2 million people every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you ingrain an attitude of excellence in yourself, only then you can turn towards your employees and motivate them to take inspiration from you. Become a candle to them. Turn into a flame that ignites them to give their all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n