Sunday, January 24, 2010

Don Hewitt of 60 Minutes

60 Minutes aired a tribute to Don Hewitt, the founder, editor and producer of one of the longest running shows in history. During the show a remark was made about Mr. Hewitt which went something like," He loved what he did, he never got bored with the job and he never got burned out."
I have written about several individuals on my blog and all of them, including me, have the same characteristics: they love what they do, they are passionate about their job, they never lose interest in what they do and going to work is their favorite thing to do.
Why is it that the average citizen selects a physician, dentist, car mechanic, lawyer or accountant who is disinterested in the job and sees their profession as a means to occupy their time to earn a living.
Why would you do that when fabulous professionals ARE available to take care of you and your family and will care for you not because you pay them but because they just love to do the job that you hired them to do.
Please listen to me...Find the best trained, most talented, most passionately involved people in their craft to take care for you....That is a win-win situation. Excellent people are dying to be hired and if we don't hire them, they will find something else to do and excellence will no longer exist.