Do so that we can fail.
Fail so that we can learn.
Learn so that we can change.
Change so that we can be better.
Enable. Encourage. Elevate.
Do so that we can fail.
Fail so that we can learn.
Learn so that we can change.
Change so that we can be better.
There are highs and lows in life. Today was a low day.
I really messed up a role play session at my Crucial Conversations training today. We were given a scenario and asked to play our assigned roles to practice applying one of the techniques for creating a safe environment to foster a mutual purpose. I wasn’t confident in applying the technique, so I skimmed over the scenario and spent more time understanding how the steps within the technique could be used. I did a terrible job at the role play. I had completely missed the premise that I was an HR professional trying to come up workarounds for a missed target, and my solution was to schedule a meeting with HR to discuss options. My role play partners were like, but you are HR! It was one of the most embarrassing moments of my professional life. I couldn’t believe I bombed it.
This incident led to a series of self-reflection, regrets and introspection tonight. I anticipate this feeling to linger throughout the weekend. I will make peace with it. I know I will, but it’s just too fresh right now. I need to learn from this mistake and get better. I need to bounce back from this and be better. I can be better. I can, and I will.
Today went by with some meaningful activities:
Tai Chi was fun. I’m hoping to keep that up throughout the quarantine.
Below are some of the good lines I enjoyed from the Ask for More book from Alexandra Carter:
The above are some of the highlights from the Introduction chapter. It’d be impossible to share everything I liked from the book. There are too many! Though I do want to share the last two sentences of the book:
Here is a handy checklist of the 10 questions to negotiate anything by Alexandra Carter:
The Mirror
The Window
Great book! Highly recommended.