Management is clearly a discipline you need to be born for. The most important habits you need to have for it is instinct, empathy, discipline and intuition. At least that’s what I think personally.
During the pandemic, I worked a lot from home. I did not really like it because there was a lot of distraction and I have the habit to dive into a world, where I really only am in the task I work at the moment. When I am distracted, I have hard times to come back to the point where I left. I become angry and start cursing. The distraction was clearly very big because my girls were also forced to stay at home. A challenging situation.
Now I really enjoy to work in the office again. But sometimes I stay at home. Actually today I realised something I have to appreciate and be thankful for. Because the best manager I know is my wife. Why? I will tell you in a short list:
- she is managing that the girls get up and be ready for a quick breakfast and school (actually a girl from Valencia is a guest for half a year so there are three girls)
- she has to make sure that the complete houshold including the organisation of supplies and replenishment is done
- she needs to think about general affairs in the broader family like her mum and dad and so on
- she needs to make sure that Lemmy, our dog, is not shitting in the living room and is a happy animal
- she has volunteer jobs in school and is permanently in contact with other parents
- she is a private one women taxi company and taking the girls to their activities
- she is reminding the girls to learn for school and is helping them - sometimes many hours a day
- she thinks about and organises family events and holidays
- she is managing everything regarding the garden
- she is permanentely thinking about the future of the girls and the family
- she is making sure that we do not starve
I could go on and on. And please make sure you understand this correctly: this is repeating every day! It requires to have a very strict schedule with no big changes possible. No holidays. No chance of being ill. That means a lot of discipline, instinct, intuition and empathy. So what is the difference between her and my job? Her’s is really much harder!
I can’t say in words how much I appreciate what she is doing! And we all should make sure to appreciate what all wife’s and mothers are doing for us and their childern. We have to thank them a billion times!
I love you!