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I heard this request every single working morning for about one year. My colleague was eager to work, but she needed precision. My precision. And my precision tasks for her were there, day after day.

Then, there was the afternoon time, when a second line was breaking the silence: “Done! Let’s go!”

I was never able to comment on her “Done! Let’s go!”, although I always felt that something was missing there. It was unbelievable how she got me to tell her what to do, then she did all the tasks sharp and careful; briefly, she barely did any mistakes, yet I was not happy with her, nor I was able to express that in words. I figured out what I should have been unconsciously thinking of my robo-colleague today, when reading in Seth Godin’s blog a post named Done, from which here you are a small excerpt:

“The challenge is NOT to empty your inbox. The challenge is not to get your boss to tell you what to do.

The challenge is to ask a two part question: What next? What now?

Asking is the hard part.”

People like my colleague are definitely not entrepreneur type. Actually, she started her own business, then after two months she found herself a nine-to-five job again, because she could not make money with her business and she did not feel secure.