Indispensable

Leaders say this as a warning:

“Nobody is indispensable.”

It’s a mistake.

The people doing the minimum didn’t hear it. They were already gone.

The ones who hear it are the ones who care.

The ones who step in before they’re asked. Who take responsibility without demanding authority. Who move the work forward and give credit away. Who act like the business actually matters.

That sentence doesn’t make them humble. It makes them careful.

So they stop stepping in early. They stop owning what isn’t assigned. They stop carrying more than required.

The work still gets done. But the edge disappears.

If losing someone wouldn’t hurt, something’s wrong with how you’re building the team.

Tell people they don’t matter long enough, and they’ll believe you.