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Busy work vs Quality Work
Hey everyone, new here. I'm Johnred, an Operations Executive Assistant, mostly working behind the scenes to keep a business's systems, processes, and day to day running clean.
I recently ended a long contract with a previous client after realizing a lot of what I was doing there was busy work dressed up as productivity. Lots of activity, not much of it actually moved the business forward. Looking back, I think I mistook being needed for being valuable.
Since then I've been working with a new client, and it's been a genuine reset on how I think about this work. He cares about whether something actually works, not just whether it looks done. It's made me realize how much of my old habits were built around staying busy instead of building things that hold up.
Still unpacking what "quality work" means to me as an EA/ops person, not just checking boxes, but actually building systems that make a business run better. Would love to hear how others here think about that distinction, especially if you've had a similar shift somewhere along the way.
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