1/7/05

Last mth for holidays. So sad. Holiday is going to end soon.

Today went to teach again. I think my temper is quite bad when I don't have enough sleep. But then... those naughty students really are so bad that I really have to scold them. Like what my teacher says, we need to give them little little stress to build up their discipline. I feel like I'm the father of sooooo many. Yup, thats what I'll like to feel. My sense of achievement for educating young kids. Come to think of it, I am using the breathing method to cool myself down before scolding them. When anger goes up into the head, the things that come out of our mouth will be rubbish. Teachers shouldn't scold students at the top of their anger level.

Ha, today my teacher asked me about accounting stuffs. He needs them for his company stuff, so he asked me some accounting terms. I told him," wah you ask me equals to ask the correct person" Haha. I'm so happy to talk about accounting stuffs. Just don't know why.

Slice of Life

Separating Personal and Professional

In life, we each play many different roles. One could be a son, a father, a teacher, a learner, a manager, a lover, an artist, a joker. The intricate dynamics of these roles is what gives each of us our uniqueness and our value to others.

In our professional lives however, it's often prudent not to allow our personal roles and emotions to carelessly slip through. Bringing your emotional baggage into the workplace is inappropriate for all the reasons you may imagine. Many corporations today may tout themselves as being a "big family", yet how many of them truly tolerate workers who bring their personal frustrations or opinions into the work sphere?
So how do you take the personal out of the workplace?

It requires discrimination and distinction. If you are having communication problems at work, look at how you view your manager, boss or employee. Does he or she represent a parent, mate or partner? Are your frustrations about what is and is not working in your life manifested on the job? Learn to leave your troubles at the door. Decide that what you do in the workplace is your contribution ?to yourself, your peers and the community. This is your opportunity to commit to what you are best at doing and get paid for it.

Examine your values. Values are how you live your life, about what is important to you. Choose values that help make you what you truly are. Your personal values and professional values can be the same.

As a manager or business owner, you have to know what your values are; what the values of your company are, as well as the values of the people you manage. The basic rules of respect and acceptance apply. The Golden Rule is: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you", not: "Do it to them before they do it to you".
People who bring emotional baggage into the workplace can be temperamental, grasping and neglectful. Even more frustrating is that they act out all their pent-up, misplaced emotions on the job without consideration for others. Employees and co-workers react to this, work efforts and results go by the wayside, and profit and productivity go down.

Leave your unexpressed feelings at the door. Take a break if you become frustrated. Know that you are at work to provide results.

Heal yourself first, determine your values, then you will be a better employee, manager or business owner.