Everyone Can Do Something

Minions

Agent Pugsly — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:48:18 -0400

Some people prefer to be in a position of non-responsibility for projects and missions going on, but still wish to participate in them productively. Sometimes a person will come to the realization that they don't have the experience to work as a peer with a person or group; sometimes an individual will crave being out of the limelights, or sometimes a person will be in so much social and/or material debt that they feel the need to preform services in order to make good on this debt (perceived or not).

There is nothing wrong with being a minion. Minions are the number one source of delegation for a project leader, usually. Most minions, especially empowered ones, will always critically analyze the things they are asked to do. As long as there is no moral interference a minion will usually preform a delegated task. The difference between a minion and a group member is realiability. Minions can be counted on to do what they agree to do just as much as a project leader, they just end up doing more support roles. Sure, speaking on stage at a confrence requires a skill but so does the tedious work of putting up and tearing down said stage.

The difference between a minion and an employee is idealism, usually. An employee will complete requested tasks because it means financial compensation for themselves. A minion generally chooses to preform tasks in order to see a project or idea further, even if they don't feel responsible for that project or don't feel competent to direct the operation in any way.

Sometimes, rarely, a person will take minion status entirely out of schedule limitations. If someone misses meetings most of the time due to schedule constraints but still show up to events and preform assistance role tasks in order to remove burden from active project coordinators they are temporarily taking the role of minion.

Volentary participation in this kind of role is called being a minion. If it's invollentary, it's called slavery.

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RiZeN — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:14:27 -0400

I think everyone is capable of doing something that is not not in the skillset of their peers. Even when skillsets overlap, cooperation requires people to adjust to the project's requirements, in order to get things done. If that means learning something you couldn't do before, that is an ability on its own and only strengthens the idea that everyone has their place in a group.

There is always something you can do to improve your situation. It may not be obvious, but its always there. Giving up doesn't accomplish anything, and it never will. Personally, I would rather try in vain, then quit and lose without even having a chance.

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lxpk — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:17:08 -0400

I don't know if I read the same stories growing up as everyone else, but I kind of got the impression that we were supposed to emulate our favorite heroes by actually trying to save the real world, not idolize them by obsessing over their fictional universes which were invented solely to inspire us to deal with ours.