While on the road last
week for a conference, I was thinking what could I do to help the service team.
From time to time, I have this notion that I need to do something in order to
be useful. I guess this comes with a service-oriented mentality. This is good
for sure, but sometimes it’s actually not.
It’s okay not to be
needed.
Let me drive my point.
Sometimes we define our worth based on what we can do. So when we are not doing
anything we say, “I am not needed anymore” and we feel helpless and depressed.
We don’t have to do
something. It’s okay not being needed. Other things are best done by other
people. We don’t have to insist on doing it ourselves. We need to realize that.
You just have to be
there; presence is enough. You are valued as you are not what you can do.
by aats
