Stewart, the steward no one knows about

She is silent.

Always on the move.

No one really knows what she does.

But she is responsible for keeping the business running. Among other things, she takes care of paying the rent, managing vendors, and calling technical support.

She takes care of everything that happens behind the scenes.

She is not driven by recognition; she is driven by the joy of a job well done. “If you can do it better, why not do it better?”, she thinks.

To her, a job well done means going unnoticed.

She is a silent corporate warrior.

How does she do it?

She keeps a journal.

She calendarizes everything.

She has OCD, but does not treat it like a medical condition. She keeps it to herself and calls it her super-power.

She monitors her work closely. She will quietly fix anything that breaks and fix it well, once. She will reach out to software companies the minute the number of seats are eligible for a discount. She will review the details of the warranty on broken equipment, and get a brand new one, for free.

She gets things done.

The ultimate executive.

Stewart uses her discomfort as a message that something needs to be improved, not as a message that she is challenged. She has found a way to reframe what the rest use as an excuse, into a very productive skill.

She is so good at her job that it makes people wonder if OCD should be a requirement to work.

It gives her clarity, and she gets immediate feedback from it. She feels when she has done a good job. Her journal and calendar are ingredients on her recipe for success. But her OCD is the secret sauce.

Could you be a potential steward like Stewart hiding behind a limiting belief?