Sunday, May 9  

"You just have a rest and leave it to me," he said.

And I used to think it was my business........

I had Jack in the office again today for a few hours as we finished off the grunt work I described below.

Jack is a very, very serious little boy. Very kind hearted.

We were working away again today and my job was to print the envelopes. Which meant feeding in 50 at a time and having my feet up on the desk reading the newspaper whilst they printed out. The only thing I had to remember was to position the first envelope that came out so the other envelopes followed it properly and we had a neat stack.

I missed that a few times and made bit of a mess

Jack was beside me on a different printer feeding in this special paper one piece at a time. He was doing a lovely job. He slipped out for a minute to go to the bathroom and I took over.

When he came back he wasn't happy!

The envelopes were messed up. And I'd somehow jammed the paper he had been feeding in. He looked at me and said,

"Dad, you've messed up everything I've let you do. You just have a rest and leave it to me."

I had been told. An 11-year-old kid booting his father out of the family business!

Jack has a great eye for detail. I don't.

We've all got different strengths and weaknesses. Jack is good at task orientated, repetitive things. I'm too impatient and try and speed things up.

Recognise your own weaknesses in business and think how you can address them (Jack is available at $5 an hour).

Cheers

Brendon