Show Off Your Work to Your Boss

 Assalamualaikum w.b.t & hey friends,

Today I would like to talk a bit on one of the imperative aspects in professional life which is show off your work to your boss. Hmmm how should I start ha? hmmm okay never mind. Actually, as an employee, we have to show whatever our progress in given work or show our work to our direct boss. After few years in the working life, I started to realise that this action is very important.

Few days back, I had a meeting with my boss regarding one of the issues related to my machines. All the high level information had been compiled in my own record which related to the issues. But, I never shared with him yet. I don't know why. Maybe I wait until everything is complete or I wait until everything is perfect or I wait until he asks about the progress. I also don't really understand this side of myself. But, whatever he asked during the meeting, I can directly showed to him as I did it already.

When I showed to him, it seemed he satisfied with it and also he said whatever I got the info and progress, I must to share with him so that we can further to the next steps. Yes he was right. Of course his boss also asked the same thing and he needed me to update him so that later he will be able to update to his boss also. We show our work progress is not necessary for the sake of increment and promotion only (the truth is we always wooing these ones right 😏 ), but also for the sake our commitment in the job itself. So starting from today, I will strive to be always show my progress to my boss so that he will be satisfied with my performance (even now I got one completed task which not yet update to him yet😆).

The Enemy of Advance is Basic

 Assalamualaikum & hey friends,

Few days ago, I was having an online training for upscaling engineering knowledge in my factory. All engineers and above were compulsory and mandatory to attend this training. Of course it was free since the trainer is our own colleague. But, in this entry, I am not going to focus on the training content itself but rather to portray a lesson which I learned as per this entry title.

The participants were about 100++ people and I would say it was quite a huge number. During the training, the trainer did post 2 related questions before proceed to the actual contents and the participants were required to answer and post their own answers in the chatbox.

At first, I was not so interested to answer the questions but since the trainer urged everybody to answer, then I had no choice. But of course I did not want to be the first to answer the questions😜. After I saw few people posted their answers, I felt reluctant to give my answers because their answers were differ from mine. I was not agreed with their answers but I also scared that my aswers would be wrong. The majority people had same answers but of course differ from mine😔. The power of majority had killed my confident. All the people from engineer to manager and director level had made my confident dropped significantly and I started to doubt my answers also.

After few seconds, there was one guy who had the same answers like mine. Then, my self-esteem came back and I posted my answers also. After a momnet, the trainer announced that there were only 4 people got answers right. Then the trainer started to explain the answers and guess what, my answers were right. Seriously, deeply I was jubilant at that time😍😍😍. If let say that one guy did not have the same answers as mine,  maybe I will not post my own answers and will be greatly regretted after trainer told the answers.😩 

At that time, I started to realize something which was the enemy of advance is basic. As I mentioned before, the people who answered differ (of course wrong also) from mine came from engineer, manager & director level. I would say their knowledge and experience of course advance many years compare to mine. But, when the trainer did ask the basic questions, all of them (except 4 people included me) got wrong even their knowledge and experience in the industry at the advance level already.

In conclusion, even our knowledge at advance level already, but sometimes we did not clear the basic yet. Thus, basic is really important so that it will be able to support the advance level as the base profusely. We have to reinforce our basic knowledge and progressively move to the advance level. Everybody will learn and nobody is perfect. Don't make your advance level as enemy to the basic.😉