There are two types of employee or partner. One who builds and one who destroys. One cannot be the other. That’s human nature. You can never have an ideal mix of the two. Don’t even bother trying. You need both builders and destroyers to achieve your ultimate goals. You have to be the balance between the two.
Everyone likes builders, but no matter how much you try, they cannot be destroyers, not even for a minute. They will just make a mess of everything trying, because they also have other qualities like loyalty and conscience.
Nobody really likes destroyers. But they seem amiable, agreeable to any situation, in-control and confident, qualities on which other employees like to rely. Use destroyers well. They don't mind.
When you have reached the state of business affairs when you need to take the step from small to medium or leap directly from small to large, you need both kinds. Builders and destroyers.
Destroyers have a tendency to migrate to whatever comes next when they get bored destroying. Then they turn their attention inwards at what they are supposed to be protecting. Keep the destroyers well-remunerated on ad hoc tasks. Never ever tell them more than they need to know. Never teach them everything you know.
If one destroyer leaves, get another. They are easier to find than builders.
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