What has 2019 taught you?
What has 2019 taught you?
Active learning is something that I take very seriously. I am one who wants to continue to consume information at the highest rate possible throughout my career, it isn’t always easy, juggling family, friends, work and actively trying to better myself. Active learning is the my form of self-care. Each person has their own form of self-care and I believe every person needs it.
So in spending the almost the entire on one project working with a team, I have learned a lot of things not only about other people but also about other people.
No matter what happens in your life, people will always be a constant. You can find ways to remove yourself from social situations or even not physically integrate into the world, but there are always people.
In the age of digital transformation and global economy, it is necessary for people to be flexible in the forms of communication. I generally do better with writing, texting, something I can think through what I am going to say.. Some would say I am a bit “abrasive” but what does that really mean?
Because I am a learner and I spend a lot of time collecting as much information as possible on the one area that is my career, I focus my efforts on learning as much as I can in that area, being the best. I am not the best, I know that but I also know that my confidence is something that is an asset to me, I am confident because I am an active learner.
Abrasive seems to be the word that some use to describe me and honestly, I have always agreed but today and because of 2019 I realize that it isn’t abrasive, it is passionate. I am passionate about doing things right the first time. I am passionate about thinking through the entire solution to a problem. Asking questions, understanding the rules of engagement and enforcing them, does that make me abrasive?
I have learned in 2019 that there are many communicate those things both upward, sideways, and downward. Communication was one of my goals for 2019 and although I do not think I am there yet, I still need mentoring and coaching I am on my way. My active learning this year was on me, not on a software, not on my career but on me.
Each person that you come across in life have different backgrounds, cultures, and even baggage. At some point you have to understand that, you have to understand how people hear. I have had a very hard year. The project was very difficult, and I am sure I crossed many people I also know that I have helped many others, although during high pressure times I realize that I may have “over reacted” and that is what I wanted to change.
I have moved to another level of my career surrounded by people who I believe can be coaches and mentors. My goal for 2020 is to be the person that ignites the learner in others, learning about yourself, learning about others, but not losing the value of who I am. I realize that sometimes my passion is hard for others to take and understand and even harder for others to accept. I will work through those things, I will attempt to be better but I will not lose myself in that progress.
2019 was my year to prove to me what I am able to do and 2020 is the year for me to achieve the next level of who I am.
Happy New Year to all and the greatest success in 2020.