Check out the Facts
November 16, 2011 by Magdalene Meduoye
Filed under Self Improvement
Have you got the incredible ability to read people’s character accurately and avoid the danger of trusting people that might harm you? If you know you do not have this skill, there is hope. Being able to respond appropriately to people based on the facts that you have comes with experience.
You need to develop a willingness to trust the evidence that you can collect with your senses. I think one the problems that most of us have is the fact that we do not trust what we can see, feel or hear. If a friend has failed to turn up for six different appointments, do you think you should give your beloved pet to him while going on holiday? Most of my readers are likely to make the correct decision- give your pet to somebody more trustworthy. Look at the evidence-that’s what clever people do. When you have collected the evidence, think of what the facts are telling you. Listen to the counsel that is abundant in your environment. What is the benefit of falling into a ditch and breaking your legs, when responding to the local news about the ditch will prevent the accident?
If the information collected requires you to identify and categorise some of the facts, do it willingly. Indeed, I will suggest you do it with enthusiasm. The classifications of the issues will help the task of finding alternative solutions to the problems highlighted. This stage in the use of the information collected lends itself to creativity. Explore and try different solutions. Some might work while others might serve to reveal their unsuitability.
Let’s look at case of Laura. She started a job with a reputable organisation about ten years ago. She was by passed for promotion and faced continual critical judgements. She refused to respond to the evidence that she had overstayed her welcome in the organisation. She kept holding on and finally she was so stressed that she had to take months off work. The incidents revealed the dangers in her environment.
I am very sure most of my readers will be quick at making comments about Laura’s bad judgement- don’t be too hasty. How many Laura’s have we got out there?
Enjoy the journey in self development.
is there such a thing as overstaying your welcome in an organisation? a job is a job is it not? as long as you act professionally and they keep paying you, why stress about it, you can improve yourself whatever level in the organisation you are at. A job is only a tiny part of a person even though it takes up 8 hours a day mon-fri. I hold this to be self evident and you do too, that the people who truly know you don’t define you by what you do at work. its a means to an end, not the end in itself.
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