Self-success and quality
I had a conversation with my boss the other day in which he wanted to coach me on a particular decision. It felt too controlled to him. We had a great conversation and I think he came up with an interesting insight that I'm not sure what to do with. For him my motivations, vision, etc. are bang-on, but my personality is intense, quality-driven and this shuts down the vision.
For example, I want to see my staff able to develop visions for their areas, be accountable, and yet not be afraid to make mistakes. These are the words and passion I have expressed to them for years. At the same time, I want the outcomes to be amazing and can not handle the disconnect between coaching a person to be successful through their failures to at some point be amazing. In the quest for quality, and the extraordinary, my staff probably feel like things.
A point to ponder...
For example, I want to see my staff able to develop visions for their areas, be accountable, and yet not be afraid to make mistakes. These are the words and passion I have expressed to them for years. At the same time, I want the outcomes to be amazing and can not handle the disconnect between coaching a person to be successful through their failures to at some point be amazing. In the quest for quality, and the extraordinary, my staff probably feel like things.
A point to ponder...
posted by Learner at 5/24/2006 06:57:00 AM
4 Comments:
One may not possibly bring oneself to change one's inherent attitude but I dunno why I always tend to compromise my natural style of working to suit what the boss wants of me...
I see myself trying too hard and eventually realizing the futility of it all... Whats the right way to work?
What to do when you see all your good intentions and deeds are falling on deaf ears. You might as well malinger at work and be one of the mediocres. But thats the point your 'Motivations in life' and Vision of self kicks in... its a see-saw of emotions...
I get what you want, I want my Boss to fire me up and i would promise him the sky and who knows may deliver it afterall...
Nice Read Learner...
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In those times of futility, I come back to the question of, "What's it all about?" I find that if my work, as of all of the activities and attitudes of my life, are defined in terms of Jesus that the futuility is subsided. For example, I have been in situations where my employer "had it in for me." At least it felt this way. And the harder I tried, the more in the hole I felt.
As my attention and desire shifted from trying to make my employer happy to trying to work the way God wanted me, I found that less energey went into CYA activity and more quality came from it. I think I became more attractive to people to talk to and I was able to listen better because I felt like God had my back rather than being alone. In this example, I was able to pull out of the nose dive, but even if I would have had to have left the job, my whole approach had changed. God had given peace.
God! How to find him? Where?
My prayers are with you Sonnyboy. Often times we talk about God like a medication, money, or counseling. We think his role is to make us feel better. I’ve found this to be a constant temptation in my life. But God must be understood and experienced on his terms. I find myself wanting to throw out Christian phrases at you that are powerful to me. They have changed my life, but the starting point of finding God is opposite of what we think. My recommendation would be to get to know the Jesus of the book of John in the Bible. Jesus is God and a human. You get to see how Jesus reacted to the religious (not very well actually) and to the broken hearted and sin-filled (extreme love and grace).
God is already working in your heart. Open yourself to his son, Jesus. Ask him the tough, painful questions, but also allow him to be beyond your experience or understanding. In reading John, you will find that most of the characters are asking the same question you have, but in different words. They want to have meaning in life. They know there is a deep distance between themselves and God, but don’t know what that means practically. They are asking the question of who God is and who this Jesus is.
May you have eyes that are open to all the love God has for you. You would be overwhelmed with joy to know just a portion of this love…
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