The Ceiling He Built
Sep 2
1 min read
Here's the part the Workhorse never saw: the person above him had quietly stopped considering him for the bigger role. Not because he wasn't capable — because they couldn't imagine his current job surviving without him. Read that again.
The thing he thought proved he was indispensable is the thing that made him immovable. Every hour spent on work plenty of people could do was an hour not spent on the work only he could do — and the room that decides promotions only ever saw the first kind. He built the ceiling himself.
By hand. Out of excellence. The Workhorse, part 3.
Tomorrow: the Workhorse from another angle.
The Right Altitude — available now. therightaltitudebook.com
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