Is Ruthlessness necessary?



There is a thin line that differentiate the ruthlessness and self-obsessed work/your duty of shipping the work you promise yourself to do.
 
Back in the time of Henry ford, He almost changed the whole automobile market along with the petroleum and factory work and mass production by labors. He started hiring & paying factory workers from 50cents to 5 dollars. Also he started making affordable cars for people, like around 600dollars during the time when all other competitors had maximum ability to sell the cars at minimum prize of around 2000dollars.
 
Henry ford’s work allowed people to use affordable cars, and he started the mass production of this cars due to which the company flourished but also bought poor people (factory workers) from poverty to middle class as he changed the structure of assembly line and paid them more for mass production which was the foundation of the Industrial Age.
 
But wait, what happened to other competing companies? They Died. Yes, you read that right, they died, bcoz this price difference and mass production will never allow such company to survive.
 
Does this mean that Henry ford was Ruthless, he had such an idea and he didn’t think of what would happen to other companies and their staff? well the answer is No. Bcoz He did what he exactly wanted or had a vision to do, It’s just like if you have an idea and if it’s worth sharing, then there’s no reason to not put it into action. When there is change it always has an advantage and a huge disadvantage with that too which a lot will criticize no matter what.
 
Ruthlessness would come into picture if your intention now is to not allow any other individuals to launch in or put out an idea or work which you think may slow down your process, either you can accept that the other side has an edge and you can perhaps make change in your culture or you believe that as you’ve created monopoly and now you would not allow anyone to enter the market itself.  

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