Quote of the Week:

This week's quote: "Just because you’re necessary doesn’t mean you’re important." or "Just because you’re important doesn’t mean you’re necessary."

Most of us have met someone who is "full of themselves." These are people who are impressed with a sense of their own importance. Some are like this because they are egotistic, others because they really believe that their world wouldn't be able to make it without them.
But history tells a different story.

Churches with charismatic and competent leaders have had those same leaders leave, fall from grace, or pass away and the church continues to exist. Families lose their matriarch and adjustments are made. Employers lose a key employee and in a matter of time a replacement is found. That's not to say that the key player isn't missed, it simply states that "life goes on."

I've held many positions where people thought I was "irreplaceable." I've never felt that way personally and proved it by leaving those positions and watching the work continue on, and in many cases thrive. It is humbling to know, that just because I was important, it didn't mean that I was necessary or vice-versa.

The next time you cancel your vacation because you think the place will fall apart without you, get over yourself. If your vacation turned into your demise, they'd figure out a way to make it.