You cannot imagine what a relief it is to me that my staff REALLY TALK to each other.
When our team got started I told everybody they had to be SENIOR staffers. They took over because they LOVE the idea.
When a congressman or an executive hires senior staff, the main directive is, “Do it.”
I was a professional senior staffer.
People think that the man in charge, the Big Guy, wants to be on top of everything. In the real world, that’s the last thing the Big Guy wants.
If he did, he wouldn’t be a Big Guy.
I’m not a Big Guy, but one of my staff enjoys referring to me as “Hisself.” People who don’t understand the real world feel they are really “getting things done” when they talk directly with Hisself Himself.
But if Hisself knows what he is doing, he gets staff who keep on top of things. When you talk to me, I immediately call my staff and try to remember what the conversation was about.
That’s what every Hisself does.
There are no dictatorships. All governments are oligarchies.
Don’t mistake this for humility. This is reality.
I don’t think I have humility. I think I have guts. It takes guts to delegate. I used to tell the people who worked under me on Capitol Hill, “I will take responsibility for anything you DO. I will NOT take responsibility for what you DON’T do.”
People who can’t delegate lack the guts to take responsibility for the people they trust.
I am a lousy conduit. The fact is that when you are talking to any member of my staff you are talking to the person who is really responsible for what is going on.
They have told me that they are proud, and even “damned honored” to be my Senior Staffers.
[What He said. –Staff]
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