What You Do
Something we’re passionate about here at Permanent Equity is that the people who work here have meaningful hobbies outside of work. Because like Trevor Noah (shoutout AndyLC for sending me this clip), we think work should be only a part of what you do – not the entirety of who you are. In fact, what you spend money on to do (and some hobbies can get expensive) probably says more about you than what other people pay you money to do.
Maybe.
Of course, the flip side of what you do is what you don’t do and what that says.
This came up over lunch with the aforementioned AndyLC as well as Ron, Andrew, and Holly during one of the field trips Main Street Summit is hosting ahead of the main event this fall. Andy’s point was that sometimes the things people don’t do – even if they might want to or perhaps should – are things society might tsk-tsk you for. And he cited male nurses and Meet the Parents as an example.
Indeed, the data here is compelling. The U.S. has a substantial nursing shortage, yet only 12% of nurses are male. The good news is that number is rising. Maybe as stigma ebbs, reason prevails.
The point is that perception – if you want better outcomes – should not be the reason you do or don’t do something (imagine how many more points they would have scored if either Wilt Chamberlain or Shaq had adopted underhand free throw shooting and not cared what it looked like). I said earlier that what you spend money on says a lot about you. What you spend your time on may say more.
– Tim
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