Have you traveled to places that seem to live life a little calmer, where service is provided with exceptional kindness and courtesy not because of affluence, but because it is genuinely given. Traveling allows us to realize the habits we have, as well as how we respond and adapt our expectations and behaviors to our surroundings. When I am work mode, I am very focused on getting tasks completed, it is often hard for others to believe that I know how to really relax. However, give me the chance to do the hobbies I love, skydiving, hiking, climbing, rafting etc., and there is no doubt I can quickly adapt to a different lifestyle. However, just as a chameleon changes color to fit into their surrounding people also change to fit their surroundings. While there are many healthy business advantages to being adaptable, it is important that we don’t forget that we can choose what qualities we want to absorb. If we need energy a person who is focused and driven can help us to get on board with completing a task. However, if a person is angry then we would not want to absorb that emotion, but if we aren’t careful we can catch negativity as easily as we catch productivity. Perhaps you have met people who tend to over stimulate others, whose very presence can result in creating chaos. While these individuals may be able to stay focused and be productive, their actions often leave a trail of people suddenly misdirected or derailed because of their actions..
Remember that one persons emergency or since of urgency doesn't have to adopted by you if it will take
your focus off the task that needs to be done. Second, keep a personal check on how you begin to respond to people who take you off focus. It is very likely that it creates a since of confusion and even a since of anger. These are all signs that a crisis is taking place for you. Take a personal inventory of when your personality and work behaviors are changing, ask yourself if the increased stimulation will make you more objective and better at doing your job. Decide if your current response is how you want to respond. If you are responding in a way that is unproductive, then make a conscious effort to stop and step back so that you can take more responsibility for your actions. We all work, think and achieve goals at different paces, that is what makes us unique. We can even work with people that work and think faster than we
do, but we have to keep in touch with who we are and what it takes to for us to get our jobs done. Being functional in the presence of someone who is in overdrive is often challenging, especially if that individual has any level of authority over you. However, we are still only responsible for our actions and reactions.
So, if you need a moment to digest information let the person know that, before you commit or respond. I have found that so many times it has allowed me gain their respect, because I took the time to make sure I could meet their needs and was more than just a yes person along the line. As we learn to adapt to different people and different environments, we have the opportunity to learn more about ourselves. When I travel, it is often fun to let myself be the chameleon, so that I can understand why people in different places work and respond in certain ways, but I also remember to be true to myself and thus I know when and how to let my true colors return.
Quotes:
"Opportunities for personal growth often comes to us disguised as either work or things in life we don't like. Be careful not to miss the chance to grow."
C. Krosky
"I sometimes have to force myself to see what I can learn when a situation or person presents something that makes me uncomfortable. It is often in these moments that I learn the most about myself and the world that I live in."
C. Krosky
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