continuation from ytd:
lessons learnt:
1) managing people is more important than outcome.
no, not saying that outcome is not important, but it's also important that everyone is working happily and is not overly tired and forced to do unreasonable work. when people are happy they produce better work. it's an important lesson for me, i think i often neglect that. yeah, maybe if i didnt utilise everyone to their max true that the outcome might be compromised, but at least here everyone is cooperative and automatic, everyone would still work hard together to the end.
2) there are always people like that in the workplace. dont let them affect you too much.
well, i must say im quite an emotional person, so i get affected by small things like this very easily. not to mention that i was really v v tired. but in the workplace thankfully they're the minority. and if you felt this way towards that person prob others would too. just gotta suck it up and move on.
3) to have a friend is better than having an enemy around.
when u see an apology that's made for the sake of explaining why something was done rather than a true apology, what would you reply? or would you even reply? i guess it's really fine both ways, but if forgive and forget is too hard a lesson, the least you could do is to at least make peace and pray hard that the other person doesnt hold a grudge and do this to you again. afterall, as the lesson says..
4) nah, no vengeful hearts.
in my anger ytd, i just had to say, wait till im in his position and he'll get it. well, it's really a waste of my tears and effort to let him taste what it is like. if i were to stoop to his level, omgosh then what am i?! i'll just be fair in my turn and his actions will just backfire one day.
5) with no evil, there is no good.
through this incident, i felt really touched by my dear colleagues. they're so understanding, some even noticed how tired i was and helped me in tiny ways that i really appreciated! also through many other things, the mistakes i made, how everyone is so tolerant and encouraging, im really glad to be working here. of course i know i shouldn't assume they're really not critical of my mistakes, but at least i felt that they went through the same thing before and could at least empathise with me and encourage me not to make the same mistakes again. a reminder to self to also be like that when i have mentees under me.
just some points of reflections, and i think i should keep up with this. life is so nua now that i should grasp the opportunity to learn some life lessons, after a whole yr of just knowledge lessons.
+ val-* @ 11:24 AM