Two Masters, One Student

"The true master's commitment is to excellence, not the current way of doing things."
- taken from http://www.gordoworld.com/gblog/archives/2008_03_01_archive.html

"We share a common bias to underestimate our workload and overestimate our work capacity."
- taken from http://www.gordoworld.com/gblog/archives/2008_03_01_archive.html

Over the past three years I have had the great pleasure of working under two masters of their craft: Sean Reeder--who I have spoke of before--and Nathan DeBacker. I'd probably put Sean in the Jedi Master category, and give Nate more of the high ranking Jedi knight status. Nate is about seven years younger then Sean; with more time in the bottle he will be just as good. Both men have the rare qualities that Gordon Byrn referenced above: they are always rethinking how they can do things better and faster, and they always give themselves enough time and resources to create a world class product.

In one of Byrn's posts on GordoWorld, he states that is appears that very few people actually "work" when they are in the workplace. I've heard an elite lawyer once say something like: "A lot of people want to be lawyers, but very few actually want to practice law." Sean and Nate actually "practice" accounting. There have been instances where I have stood outside their respective offices, and it took a minute or so before they noticed I was there. That's the sort of focus that they bring to their work in each and every day.

I started writing this without and specific idea or point in mind. Bu as I've been writing this it seems that their ability to focus is really what makes them special.

Namaste