If someone asked you, “What is your job?”, what would your response be? Go ahead, take a minute to think about your answer. I asked a similar question a few weeks ago in my post Become Indispensable: Solve Interesting Problems)
Professor Fred Kofman tells a story about a question that changed his outlook on this question.
Did you say that you’re a coach? Entrepreneur? Do you manage operations? Maybe CEO? Well, as Fred points out, what you think is your job is not actually your job.
"In one sentence, what is your job?" – @fredkofman. Tell us in 140 characters, what is your job? http://t.co/SkAbZvvCTw #inspeaker
— LinkedIn (@LinkedIn) August 8, 2013
Your Job is Not Your Job
Here is Fred’s presentation:
How do you answer now?
Did Fred change your mind? (Fred’s full presentation is available here on youtube)