Dear America,

Saturday, November 28, 2020

Dear America,

Titles say so much about who we are as people. From conception we all have the title of son or daughter. Some titles we like and some we do not like. Some titles are natural titles as well as work titles. Natural gifts are easily developed into payable skills with the experience of time and practice. Some work titles are not natural titles and that shows in the morale of the employee with the title. Acquiring a job for a title or pay is a common practice in America. Natural ability and passion is not required for work titles, however not having natural ability or passion affects the quality and morale of the person with the title. The only reason to hold onto a job or title that you do not like, is if the benefits outweigh your dissatisfaction with the work.

For example my husband is a singer. Anybody who has ever spent more than a few hours with my husband knows he is a singer. He has known since childhood that he can sing better than most other people. Now, that is not bragging, that is just fact. Singing was a natural ability that he worked and developed into payable skills. My husband’s singing ability has taken him all the way to the White House. He has been paid to sing for some very powerful men. He has been paid to sing around the world. Even though he started receiving pay for singing, he does not insist on getting paid to sing. Why? My husband is a singer. He loves to sing. He loves to share his gift with others.

Professionals know instantly when they have made a mistake while working. The longer you have a job or title the quicker you can pick out your mistake and figure out what caused the mistake. When my husband is on stage and misses a note or cue, he knows right away and within seconds has mentally discovered what caused him to go off note or miss the cue. He then adjusts before the average audience member even notices. He enjoys the challenge of singing. His passion for the work drives him to try and reach perfection with every song.

Some people have a work title that is not a natural gift or position for them as an individual. Oh you see it. Every part of the job is done with low morale. Nothing, or very little about the job is interesting to them. It is un-American to purposely do a bad job; he or she just does not have the skills or experience to do the job. When we do not enjoy the job, when we have no passion for a job, we only do what is required. We are not going to volunteer to do more than the job entails. We do the assigned hours and work, nothing more and nothing less, except when we need overtime money. A person that has a job he or she does not like will express every time something goes wrong with the job, but they never offer any solutions. He or she does not know where the mistake was made, or what caused the mistake. Why? They do not enjoy the challenge and the work of the job. They do not have the skills and experience to do the job well. So why would they try to make it better? How could they make it better? He or she will always have some excuse for why the job was not done well. When the first excuse is no longer valid, he or she will find another excuse, until that one is no longer valid. They are always looking for someone or something else to blame for mistakes.

One problem is when a person has no real desire for the work a title requires, but desires the benefits of the title. For example a person is bestowed the title of CEO of a major company because of a family name or a famous reputation and not because of natural ability, developed skills and experience. Then he or she may fight really hard just to keep the title because of the power and authority that comes with the title. Even if they do not like the job and they have very little desire to do the job. They like the title and the benefits but not the challenge of the work required.

Playing golf and tweeting is not the job of the President of the United States of America.

Golfing all-day, everyday and tweeting all-day, everyday is the job of a teenager or a retired person.

One question, “Why is the President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, fighting to hold onto a bestowed title and benefits for a job he is no longer doing nor desires to do?”

Best to the White House

Monica Saylor Dewberry