[Leica] Do-it-yourself economy

[sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner)]

George, your [accurate, I believe] assessment of where the world, not just
photography, is put me in mind of an incident over 25 years ago when I had
just joined a New York City law firm as a senior, name-in-firm-name partner.
I was at the office late one evening and a younger lawyer who had just
become a junior partner entered my office and asked if I would review a will
he and an associate were preparing for a client, seriously ill and in
hospital. I read the will draft and went in to discuss several changes, a
couple were extensive. The young man said we can re-do the easy ones but
there's no secretary here to re-do the very extensive changes (a time before
total lawyer familiarity with computers etc) and the client is very sick, we
need to get this to the hospital at 8 tomorrow morning and it's good enough
as it is. 

 

I took him by the arm and led him to my office, not to embarrass him before
the young associate, and said, "I don't ever want to hear the words 'good
enough' from your lips again. If you are a professional lawyer, you may not
be the very best will draftsman in the world but every time you draft a will
or provide any other professional service in this law firm, it has to be
your very best effort. One of two things will eventuate here. I've just
joined this firm and will continue here if 'good enough' isn't good enough -
or - if  'good enough' is acceptable in this law firm, I'm out of here." I
stayed. For almost a decade.

 

Seth