This sure has been a packed week: We had our first block finals yesterday, which of course meant a finals breakfast cooked by the faculty and Noel. Tuesday afternoon, a first year engineering student was driving in a car and slid off the road losing control, his girlfriend was ejected and died. Today we are on the first day of Fall break, but in our house things are a little hectic. Katie and Colin are getting married on Saturday in Grand Forks so we are finalizing everything we need to do.
Back to self-reflection and why I brought it up in the first place. We all know people in the workplace whose actions leave those around them uncomfortable, irritated, upset, or pissed off. These people, because of the way, they handle themselves, can make being around them no fun, thus making work no fun; or when working with them is difficult, everyone's work production decreases. Worse yet, is when these people represent you and your team and your company to people outside the company. This is bad.
Well, who would want to be "that" person? Nobody! Do they really know how they act and are perceived? I doubt it. Self-reflection is about making sure we are not "that" person. We need to be continually self monitoring ourselves to see how we are perceived by others, to make sure we are comfortable with how we perceive ourselves, and to constantly looking for little ways to improve ourselves.
Self-reflection and analysis are the first steps in improving ourselves.
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