Priscilla's Blog

A lot of us don’t like doing the dishes especially when they weren’t used by us. This isn’t about cleaning dishes or doing your chores, it is about how much you are willing to do to get those things that really matter to you.

I saw a movie on Netflix, titled A Perfect Pairing and the main character was a Wine Sales Person. Think about what is involved in working in the wine industry; it must take much more than being a regular salesperson as you would have to understand each wine product to find the right market to push it to.

We however aren’t talking about being a Sales person also, LOL. 

The main character in the movie had so much sauce that she got inside information from companies wanting her to pitch her employer’s company to them. She was literally the life-wire of her employer, flying first class to attend meetings and close deals, literally living out of her luggage to ensure her employer thrived but a day came when she realised her worth and couldn’t take the disrespect of her employer anymore.

Wine marketing is all she had ever known and so she decided to go Solo. Aiming to close her first big deal, she travelled to another continent (Australia) hoping to meet a Wine boss on her farm. Unfortunately, it wasn’t all winery as it was an actual farm – animal rearing and other farm activities.

She ditched her vacation plans (to tour the farm and share ideas with the wine boss) and volunteered to work on the farm to prove she could handle the wine importation to the Wine boss with her new company. She lived the opposite of the life she had been living as a salesperson on track for Regional or Global Sales Manager. 

She was clumsy with animal feed, slow with the hide (sheep skin), almost called it quit but made it and thoroughly enjoyed her stay on the farm. She didn’t get the Importation deal immediately as her previous employer  double-crossed her with his big establishment but she found love (shy smile). She also proved herself and the strength of her skills on the farm that after a while the contract was awarded to her Solo company.

Amazing movie right there with impeccable lessons. Sometimes, you are totally skilled for the job and the opportunity you are seeking but what more are you offering? Are you resilient, do you put your heart into what you say you are badass at or do you just do your job and leave it at that? The shortfalls you have in your enterprise (human or organisation), what are you doing to make them irrelevant to the people that need your value? 

I’m not stating that you slave away to your intending bosses and clients, the emphasis is on how you can present yourself as the best option beyond the technical value you can offer; chances are that most people in your field can also do the same or better.

The other part outside your certification and technical skills you can apply to your job shows how much you can and will invest to the attainment of the end goal of the organisation or your client. 

Not everything and everyone will be worthy of you doing the dishes, so be circumspect in your dealings. Whatever your dirty dish is, will you try to do it?