The title is not a metaphor. If there is a dirty wrapper, an old coke can or a piece of plastic in your vicinity, don’t ignore it. Pick it up and throw it away.
Not only will this act help keep your environment clean and pleasant. It will help reinforce good leadership and entrepreneurial spirit.
It will showcase to anyone watching that you understand that you’re not above the cleaning lady or anyone else in your team or company.
It will remind you that as an entrepreneur you shouldn’t expect anyone else to do the dirty work or solve your problems. If there is a mess, you need to be willing to clean it up.
You need to own your environment. It is your responsibility to keep things clean and in order, no one else’s.
So stop, bend down, get your hands dirty, pick it up, find a bin and throw the trash away.