The new year is just being broken in and I'm still in that awesome place since I've returned from Cuba. Still selfish yet aware that life around me is moving forward, that's something I must do if I want to make the most of my time left. I've begun putting my personal plan into motion and using all the tools at my disposal, locking down my finances, keeping a cleaner home space and listening to my gut more, having intense workouts x2 a day. I've always known the quality of my friends is much more efficient to me than the quantity, in return I've been a better friend and become more self assured in things. If I'm wrong I can live with that cause it's a decision I've made on my own, nobody can take that away from me.
My work term is closing down and there's a lot of stuff I've learned about working in a big company, some good and some bad, but overall a great learning experience. One of the most fundamental things I've learned about working for a big company is that you're a byproduct of your environment, and once something changes and you can't cope you have to options, change yourself or change your environment. Now I use to think I could change my environment to fit me, what I learned was that I can't change my environment without changing myself. This would require more work than I anticipated, changing yourself is a lot harder than just saying your going to do it. You have to believe it, breathe it and be it. The first few weeks were not awesome to say the least. I learned to cope with everything and understand that life goes on with or without me and being a cog in the company machine makes me replaceable. The sooner I understood that, the easier it was for me to be detached from my job.
Now when I say detached, I mean that, I'm not lazy by any means, I'm good at my job hell I'd even say I'm great at it, I just don't want my job running my life. I've seen it so many times that it sickens me to think about putting my job before my happiness or my family. People slaving away at their job when all that matters are the ones waiting for you at home, wife, husband, kids, dog, cats, fish. As much as you can hate your job, you can never hate going home, it's your own private getaway from everything and to top it off you've got someone to spend it with, what a thought huh?
Another learning tool I've learned is about honesty. I almost think it get's lost when you work in a big company since everyone is trying to play the politics game and move up. I am more honest than most people, since everyone is an adult, I like to treat them that way. I may come off as being rude or ignorant but that's an opinion your allowed to have you're human aren't you? being honest with yourself shows character, transfer that to being honest with others and it shows integrity and people can respect that, you don't have to beat around the bush, just say whats on your mind, people can respect that and if they can't they aren't worth your time.
I've learned to respect anyone I meet, that amount diminishes or increases depending on the amount I earn. I don't care if you're the V.P. of the division or the custodian, you're going to get the same amount of respect from me until I'm shown otherwise. Respect is earned not given. Earn it and you'll reap the benefits.
I've taken what I've learned about big company life and have been applying it to everyday life for a while now, I must say it's been pretty good. Work mike+regular mike are just about the same person, a "Fusion"(hehe dragonball reference) of sorts and I like it.
I'd say I have a good foundation for building off of. I look to build off of this.
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