- Why do you think the 'relationships' are important for growth? Be it a personal life, or professional life.
In this article, we are discussing this aspect in three parts.
Firstly, the importance of personal life and interdependency:
The second part of the discussion is how we can develop our professional life:
The Third Part of the discussion is how a team can help each member’s growth:
1. The importance of personal life and interdependency:
When we discuss ‘self-growth’, we also include discussions
about balanced relationships. Relationship plays an important role in every
area of life. At the workplace, we need to have a good bond with our colleagues. And
in personal life, we need to have a bond with family members, relatives and
friends.
Yes, as humans we are always interdependent with each other, in every aspect of life. Thus it is important for us to understand where we stand in terms of this interdependence. Unless we are not related to something or someone, our achievements or success will not be worth. This will give us support, energy and vision to work. We will be more confident, and we can enjoy every bit of success. We will grow professionally. The interdependence will help us to grow in areas where we are lacking. To explore more on ‘Interdependence’, you can read the book ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ by Stephen Covey.
The personal life seems to be very limited compared to social
life, in terms of time commitment, engagement and acquaintances. But when it
comes to impact, personal life has a lot of influence on our lives and
decisions. The balanced personal life will help us balance our social life. To
be more focused on professional life, a person needs to have a peaceful and happy
personal life.
We need to get stronger in interaction with family members,
spending good quality time, understanding each other, empathy, forgiveness etc.
This will make our mind more relaxed and serene. We will, in turn, be more attentive
to our work. This will help us to focus on professional tasks.
In today’s scenario, due to social media and self-centeredness,
we are losing these essences of family life. We are not enjoying the fruit of
family life. We have devastated relationships, which has led us to feel relationship to be more
burden than a boon.
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2. The second part of the discussion is how we can develop our
professional life:
Having a very stable, focused and gratifying professional
life is very important, as this is the source of our earning, as well as the
place and people where we spend more time. Professional life is important in
every aspect. Be it sharing the success, or failure. The work needs your concentration, dedication
towards what you are doing, learning from mistakes, helping others to come out of
mistakes, celebrating team success etc.
Whatever we do, the ‘Focus’ is the key. It is a power to
accomplish the task at a greater level of excellence. We should be aware of vision,
passion, and focus on the work or project we are doing right now. Focus on the tasks
is the key. To achieve our goal, we need to have a focus on the target. The
aspects like Concentration, observation and determination are also very
important.
Our ideas, thoughts and actions should work in one direction.
We plan many things, we think over things, and also start with few things and
leave it in between. This is where we lose to achieving success in life. The perseverance
is the key. It is a very negative trait in us, where we start the tasks and
projects and leave in between.
We have to put our 100% at the time of practice as well as
the execution. Perfection doesn't come just like that. If you look at the car
race or car stunt master skills, it takes a breath out of us.
Can you imagine how many hours a racer might have committed
for one final race lap? It needs lots of practice, dedication, determination,
focus and concentration. Can we learn focus and excellence from them?
3. The third Part of the discussion is how a team can help each
member’s growth:
The understanding of our areas of improvement is crucial. Knowing
where we are lacking and trying to grow in those areas by interacting with
people around, taking feedbacks, learning from their work etc.
Every one of us has our own ideas, thought, style of work,
fears etc. We all might have different ways of solving the problem. We can take
help from people around, in solving problems which we encounter to be difficult.
For that again interdependency is important, support each other’s cause in a
team as our own. In any workplace productive interactions are key.
Interaction in the workplace will help us find a solution and also
in knowing our progress. This is the benefit of teamwork. The teams also help
us in keeping track of our work and achievements as well as failures too. Because
we learn from mistakes. Further, the teams help us to grow in areas where we are
weak or need extra support. And also an appreciation for work is important.
And for that interaction and a good bond with our team is needed
Additionally, in established companies, there is a practice
of quarterly or yearly performance review. This is also a very good opportunity
for our growth. It is a key aspect of the performance review and self-growth.
The above writing is
organised from a group discussion transcript of ‘Self Discovery’ course of Credence
Learning Foundation. For more information mail us at- reach.clf@gmail.com
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