| I missed yesterday because I slept off early.
Today I was in a workshop and we were talking about values. So V for values.
To my surprise the way I explained what I do professionally to the class they got the following values -
Passion Intelligence Efficient Collaboration Challenge Problem solving
I was surprised. But as I thought about it it resonated more with me and felt true. I cannot do something if I dont like it. Something I have been telling myself. I cannot do something just because it gives me money and may be power. I like to constantly challenge myself and learn. It came a surprise to me to learn that as an introvert I actually enjoy people interaction more jmportantly people who are chattier than me so I just have to listen. ;--)
This self introspection was very good. How to change your behavior without changing your character.
Thanks to Toastmasters I was not scared at all to speak in front of the group. I had a loud voice, I had eye contact, I cracked a small joke, connected with the audience, no um and ahs. My F town intellects toastmasters club would be proud of me. I have to start going for those sessions again. That they were life changing if an under statement.
We had some real life examples and problems that we tried to find solutions to and I could relate to them a lot. How to influence someone outside your team, on whom you have no authority. A very essential skill to have in today's flatter organizations.
What you say only affect the outcome by 8%. Your body language and the way you say it are more important than the words themselves. Very difficult master. And how would things change when you want to influence on phone calls?
Building relationships with the people you work with is so important to get work done and to influence them.
As they say getting work done is only half the battle and women are definitely better at this than men. What women need to learn is the other up spoken work , or building a relationship and exerting so called power. Which we suck at mostly.
Overall interesting discussion on values and power and influence. It is amazing how our values decide how we react to situations.
Will write W for wedding tomorrow. |
