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You Can't Just Try Something. Make it Work. |
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Written by Ridzuan Ashim
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Tuesday, 17 April 2007 |
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It’s been a heck of a long time since I wrote anything on XSMatter. I’ve decided that other than just churning out crappy articles just so I can push in the payperpost stuff in, I’m just going to take my own sweet time to produce decent articles.
So why the silence here? Well, it’s the examination period for me and I haven’t had much time to really respond to any of the recent events and such. This coupled with some bad judgement calls in choosing who to work with, I’m left stranded trying to handle everything on my own. A learning lesson nevertheless...
If there’s one thing I’m learning right now, it’s this – students are a pain to work with…You see, several months back, I was trying to tell a friend of mine why it was important to step beyond the textbook and try stuff that’s new and perhaps even more relevant. In doing so, I decided we should start a little project for ourselves. In part, I chose to work with the person because it would provide the person with an opportunity to venture beyond the textbook.
That was a mistake because while I was creating an opportunity for that person to test out new grounds, I was creating a mess for myself.
It didn’t take very long before studies and more studies became the person’s focal point. I have nothing against that, but I just believe that if you’re going to commit to something, you can’t just ‘try it out’. You’ve got to figure out how to ‘make it work’.
So what happens to the project? It’s semi-abandoned by the person…and I’m left picking up the pieces… I'm thinking... - I made a naive mistake of subconsciously assuming that people are self-motivated throughout a project.
- Is this the price to pay for trying to change mindsets?
- How can I improve my leadership to keep a person's fire burning?
Lessons learnt. Now to keep moving forward.
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