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‘You Have to Be Original and at the Same Time Raise Your Standards!”
Our founder: “Best thing you ever said to me.”
I have always tried to lead our leader, guide him, improve him. Most of all, I tried to be smart. Because I didn’t fear losing my job.
One day, I gave him a feedback on one of his blog posts and he didn’t act on it right away because he was stuck with some other work. I didn’t know this. This made me furious and I busted out:
“One thing I just want to tell you, but not force you is that: Whatever I say, please try to act on that right away...I just want to improve you...You need to learn a lot of things yet!
I am not an expert or a professional or a perfect man...I learn every day and spread my knowledge and want to help others improve with my help, with my knowledge that I have!”
He then replies to me:
“Yah, and I take those. I take and correct 95% of the changes. One or two things: I don’t do or take. And these help me a lot. Those 95% things are my lackings or lack of attention. So, your feedback and help makes the overall output looks better. You are polishing it.”
I, still furious, respond him:
“See...
Take an example of this blog...
You wasted (suppose) 1 hour of your…