Avneet Sethi

..by any means possible.

How seriously do you take this statement? Rather, how seriously do you implement it?

Depends on the job, does it?

I have always been intrigued by the statement. I’m still not sure if I am a follower or not. The job to be done, kind of, matters. Which invariably means, my opinion of the job and how passionate I am about getting it done matters. This is all great when you have the ability to choose the job.

What when the job is assigned? Take the workplace as an example. You have an assignment to complete and come across some roadblock – no existing hack to display your design correctly in an annoying browser – and you have to deliver your assignment today. What do you do?

Do you leave the job to look for the hack for tomorrow? Do you ignore the missing piece and present it anyways? Or do you go crazy looking for a solution because you have to get the job done by any means possible.

Alright, so this situation may not sound as dramatic as the statement itself, but for me it is. I hate missing deadlines. And I’m always surprized when someone is not; more so when I am the one who is going to appear like a slacker because of it. It makes me wonder if it is the difference between the assigned job and the job taken up voluntarily, that is responsible for how passionately you work for it.

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