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Work To Be Done


Many years ago when I was music director and touring with Child's Play Touring Theater we were putting together a show for children with a work-related theme. Children are often fascinated by jobs, by what their parents do, by what they see adults doing in the world.

It was just one of hundreds of shows that we did, but I remember one song from that show that I wrote especially. The first verse was:

there's a little bit of work to be done
an American phenomenon
there will always be a little bit of work to be done
to be done, to be done, by everyone...

I can't take credit for the lyrics because we used poems and stories written by children as the basis for our material. It was fun.

And it reminds me today that what was true then is still true today. There's a little bit of work to be done. We have problems to solve. We have goals to achieve. High performance leaders are never finished.

Even as I near retirement age (don't fret, my bills will keep me working for years!) I realize that there is so MUCH work to be done!

So many inequities to fix. So many wrongs to right. So many problems to solve.

Today, I think I'll roll up my sleeves and do a little work. How about you?

-- Doug Smith



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