It is getting serious! Showing up and Speaking up, were, for a lack of better word, cosmetic moves. Quick hits. Practice them for a few days, and you see results right away. Stepping up, requires a certain level of mindset change, and the results will take longer to show. Owning up is a bigger mindset play. Neither the change, nor the results are immediate, but once you embrace the concept, the change, and the ensuing benefits, are permanent!
Find out who! If you think your job is mindlessly punching random numbers in Excel or clicking buttons in a tool, you need to ask some questions. Because no job in this world is meaningless. Why would an organization create tasks that offer no benefit or value, and then pay you to do it? Someone is paying your organization for what you are doing. Someone, somewhere is benefitting from your work. Someone is relying on you doing a good job. Find out who!
You work carries your signature. Make sure it’s worth it. Don’t ever do a shoddy job. Or think that your team leader will review it anyways and will catch errors. Never think, “This ought to be good enough.” Instead always ask, “What else should I do here?” “What will make it easier for my team leader to review?” No one expects a new hire to deliver perfect work, but get into the mindset of doing your best!
Never justify a mistake. Even inconsequential ones like a misspelt file name. Don’t go, “The contents are all accurate, only the file name is erroneous. That shouldn’t impact anything!” Sure, maybe no one cares, but if you are not watchful, you will develop the mindset of justifying errors. There is no shame in accepting mistakes. If you don’t admit something is wrong, you will never fix it. Are you worried that you will be seen as “weak” if you admit a mistake? Well, whether you admit or not, if your team leader thinks you are “weak”, then you are weak. Not admitting mistakes makes you both weak and arrogant. And when you do admit, do go overboard apologizing. Simply acknowledge the feedback and commit to working on it.
Why is this mindset important? When you “own up” - your work, a problem, or an issue, you focus on finding a solution. Your energy is channeled positively, and even if you don’t succeed, you will make progress, and learn something from the experience. The opposite of owning up is to point fingers and blame others, and laying the blame elsewhere all the time is a dangerous mindset to have!
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Concise and precise.
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