Jewish Musings, Thursday 9/7

[lee058]

What’s on your mind — how to make kugel? This week’s Torah reading? Life goals? Prayer? We are all engaged in weight loss/weight maintenance journeys and we are all Jewish or at least interested in Judaism. We like to eat, we like to discuss. It is our goal here to provide each other support on our journeys, to share experiences, to call on our rich cultural heritage and texts, and to help each other grow spiritually.





Some of us take weekly turns starting the thread:




Holly

Lee

Louise

Lynne

Peachy




And for those of you who stop by to read this thread without posting — you are welcome to, but you are also welcome to chime in. Don’t be shy!

[lee058]

Good morning everybody. Hope you are all well and SAFE!

I have a doctor's appointment Friday morning, so I will post the topic for the Friday thread later today. I also have the pest control people coming over today.

Today's topic: What's something you learned at work that has helped you in other aspects of your life?

For me, it was being a technical writer. I learned how to think and express myself more clearly. As you know, my DS has Asperger's. Clear expression helped me communicate with him much better. This was incredibly important, especially when he was younger. It still helps me now.

Have a peaceful day, Lee

[peachymom1]

I learned to be resourceful. If there wasn't an established, logical way of doing something, I could come up with something and present my idea, or oftentimes just do it my own way and teach others too. If a problem comes up, it's usually more helpful to my execs if I think of some options for solving it before I talk to them about it. Occasionally something stumps me, or I don't have the permission or authority to take the action that I think is best, so I need their help. But I can't see running sniveling to a bunch of busy executives and expecting them to think of a solution. They don't have time for that; that's why they have me. :+)

[gazelle18]

I learned how to negotiate a deal between two sides who have different interests . This has helped me navigate family issues, problems between friends, and volunteer organization controversies.

[louise]

When someone doesn't understand something important to try to get to what the sticking point is so they can really learn it. Also, to use errors as learning/teaching experiences.

[hollygail]

I learned how to navigate around difficult people. I also learned how to phrase the points I wanted to get across in such a way that the listener was able to hear (perceive) what I was trying to get across. Speaking someone else's language is more than just whether the person and I both speak English or French or Spanish or one about which I know absolutely nothing at all. Most people recognize that when talking with children, you use mostly monosyllabic words, but for some reason, many people don't carry that concept with them when speaking with co-workers or worse, with those "above" you in responsibility at work. It's the same with peers; vocabulary counts, as does tone of voice and lots of other things. Say it with a smile and you get away with messages you might not with a frown (or worse).