You make impossible things possible. You read people’s wishes from their lips before they’ve even spoken them. They don’t need to finish their sentences — hell, they might not even know what they want yet. You hear half a thought and fill in the rest inside your head. Further discussion becomes tedious. A waste of everyone’s time. Because you already know the solution.
You know so little. Yet you say: “Right, I understand exactly what you need. I’ll come back in a few days with an initial solution.”
You’re a magician, an impossible-possibility-maker, a rescuer. What nobody sees is that your magic is hard work. You realise you’re missing crucial pieces for any magical solution. You’re too proud to ask follow-up questions. You’d like to, but you don’t dare.
Because then you’d just be a normal person, not a magician.
Don’t promise too much. But deliver what you’ve promised. Ship something magical. And if you can’t, that’s okay too.
Anyone who expects you to make the impossible possible should try it themselves first.
This post first appeared in German on reinergaertner.de, where I’ve been writing since 1997 — back when the internet still had that new-car smell. An AI assistant helped with the translation under my supervision. If something reads a bit odd, blame the Denglish in my head.