Today (or should I say yesterday now that it is 7 minutes past midnight) marked exactly 6 months at my job. For some people, 6 months is nothing but to those people I say, have you heard about the economy? Oh, every day is a celebration, honey.
And, what better way to celebrate than to write? So, here are 6 lessons from 6 roller coaster months of work.
1) Money is not everything. It keeps a roof over your head and a mediocre bottle of wine on your counter. It covers the fundamentals. But, it doesn’t hold you when you cry, listen to you after a terrible day, or fix the problems you have with yourself and with this life.
2) Some things will never change. Just accept it. You can’t always be the corporate Gandhi.
3) You’re only in competition with yourself. To think anything else will only unnecessarily give you premature heart palpitations.
4) Two types of people rarely advance in work: the yes man and the complainer. Gotta find a balance between the two. Losing your own voice will only screw you over in the end.
5) Everyone has some sort of wisdom to impart. The challenge is being patient enough to sort through all of the manure and find it.
6) People are people. They are not numbers, stats, quotas, or robots. They are people. To think anything less is a detriment to those you work with and, mostly, to yourself. So, allow room for the bad days, tears, freakouts, and things that should never be said or done. Cause, chances are, you’ll do those same things and only hope and pray that someone still allows room for you.
And, that’s all I know for now.