In the nineteenth century the Duke of Wellington and his ally Gebhard von Blücher won the famous battle at Waterloo that undid Napoleon. Sometime after the battle someone asked Wellington whether or not he was surprised by his victory at Waterloo. The standard anecdote has him responding, “No, I was not surprised then, but I am now.” Later, Wellington wrote to his friend Lady Shelley on the matter, “Supposing I was surprised; I won the battle; and what could you have had more, even if I had not been surprised?”
So, you did your job today. You performed your tasks. Did your duty dutifully. No one said anything. Bummer. But, think about it, you won the battle, and what could you have had more, even if someone had said, “Good job.”
So, you did your job today. You performed your tasks. Did your duty dutifully. No one said anything. Bummer. But, think about it, you won the battle, and what could you have had more, even if someone had said, “Good job.”
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