Let Me Take Care of That

Welcome, young apprentice.

So, you’ve decided to stand out in your career. You reckless fool…

Allright, I’ve stumbled upon an obscure scroll compiling the darkest secrets of the greatest masters to ever walk the Earth, pure knowledge. And in my infinite generosity (and loud, unbearable arrogance), I’m giving it to you for free.

OK, you’re ready.

Get things done and become the “let me take care of that” guy.

Disappointed?

I get it.

Sounds painfully simple, right? That’s because it is, you bold little over-thinker.

I found a random video where President Barack Obama was asked what advice he’d give to young strugglers wanting to make an actual impact.

He just laid down the plain truth:

“The people who eventually stand out are not the most sophisticated minds or knowledgeable folks, those are the ones who say, ‘Let me take care of that.’ And then they just go figure it out and do it.”

My understanding from that is:

Everybody can analyze. Everybody can critique. Everybody can sit in a 45-minute call taking notes and brainstorming a “strategy about the strategy.”

But surprisingly, only a few people actually take ownership of a task and push it across the finish line without needing three reminders, a safety net, and someone else doing their double-checking.

And then it struck me…

I recently had to deal with contractors, banks, and a lot of day-to-day professionals, and noticed the exact same tragicomic pattern. Most of them were not getting it done — or at least not without me repeating, triple-checking, or fixing stuff afterward.

(BTW, those weren’t the GenZ folks everyone seems to complain about.)

Turns out I’m not imagining things. Forrester’s Customer Experience Index has been trending down since COVID, hitting historic lows in 2025, and anyone who’s dealt with a contractor lately can probably feel it in their bones.

And that’s the good news: the bar has never been lower, which means it’s never been easier to clear it. You don’t need a fancier strategy or a smarter prompt. Just finish the thing. Become the “let me take care of that” guy.