Work that Matters By Jon Gordon I recently spoke at a conference to a large number of bus drivers. Ironically, when the conference organizers booked me to speak they didn’t even know I had written a new book, The Energy Bus, a story about a bus driver named Joy who changes the life of a man who rides on her bus. After my talk I met a gentleman who told me that he was a pastor of a small local church. He said he originally started driving a school bus for the insurance benefits. But after a few years of driving a bus, it occurred to him that he was having a bigger impact on people as a bus driver than as a pastor at his church. Wow. This made me think about all the hard working, good hearted people who walk around and believe that the work they do is insignificant. They’ll say things like “I’m just a receptionist,” or “I just take care of the event details” or “I’m only in sales” or “I just process the mortgage” or “I just drive a bus” or “I’d really like to do non-profit work so I can do something that makes a difference.” The fact is every job, no matter how insignificant you may think it is, matters. Every job matters because you matter. And the impact you have on others matters….a lot. You matter to your clients. You matter to your co-workers. You matter to the people you interact with every day. You matter more than you could ever know. It’s not about the job but the difference you make within your job that counts. So whatever job you do, I hope you will also consider yourself a bus driver, on a journey through life, who has the opportunity to positively impact all the people who ride on your bus. Consider everyone you meet and work with a passenger and know that the greatest and most significant job you could ever have is to make a difference in their lives. Your job matters and so do you! Additional Articles: Get the Right People on the Bus How Much Is Negativity Costing You and Your Company? The Greatest Sales Strategy Ever
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