The world's chief firefighter - this is how Paul Eder was commonly called in professional circles. A simple guy from Texas became famous for his professional attitude and approach to firefighting, for which he received the nickname "Red" (red).
He always took on difficult cases that no one wanted to take on. He specialized in extinguishing oil and gas well fires. Relatives said about him that as soon as he looked at a problem, he already knew how to solve it.
His exploits formed the basis of the film Hellfighters.
Paul "Reda" Eder never doubted his calling: "It seems to me that the merciful Lord gives a person certain talents... And if you love your work, you can do something good for humanity. Whenever our help is needed, we are ready to help."
The photo shows the tragedy on the Piper Alpha platform, which brought Paul worldwide fame.
But I would like to draw your attention to his famous phrase: “If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” Which can be translated as: "If you think it’s expensive to hire professionals, calculate how much it will cost to hire amateurs".
Of course, Paul did not mean the cost of hiring itself, but the consequences of “not hiring” professionals, but attracting amateurs. Whatever one may say, the consequences of involving amateurs in solving problems cost the company either direct losses or lost profits.
Unfortunately, many managers strive to save money on hiring and expensive professionals are often left behind. I myself have seen more than once how projects led by amateurs were delayed, and they argued that no one could have done it better. However, the first professional hired solved problems in a short time and successfully completed projects.
If you estimate that his salary as a professional is 5 times the salary of an amateur, then the ratio of the time spent is usually 1 to 20 or more, which is required for an amateur to complete a task at the level of a professional. It turns out that a professional is 4 times more profitable than an amateur? Is this even possible? - it turns out that it is so. And some amateurs, in principle, are not able to solve problems of a certain class, unlike professionals.
Do not skimp on professionals, hire talented people, pay them what they ask for, give them more freedom and retain them in every way possible. And they will reciprocate you with unprecedented reciprocity. Just don’t surround them with mediocrity; professionals can’t stand it and won’t work with them.