One of the seven ways to develop the responding flexibly competency is having an optimistic attitude. I did not really understand what this meant so I decided to watch a TEDx talk by Bert Jacobs. This talk was really insightful for me, my findings are summarised below:
Makes you Solution-Oriented: Make it a daily habit to acknowledge the good that happens in your life. If you develop this habit, you can better focus your resources on what’s working, and you build on that. Optimism versus pessimism allows us to be solution oriented. Through this I can become someone who is resilient and able to bring stability to unexpected situations.
Acknowledge the opportunity I have to develop the Responding flexibly competency: Have a “get to” attitude, you get to participate in working in a team environment where you can identify weaknesses you possess and learn many skills. Practice gratitude for being offered the opportunity to develop the capability of undertaking short-term goals, swiftly and with composure to solve unforeseen problems or tasks effectively.
Make things easier for people to do: There is an initiative called takers may eat well, but givers sleep well that Bert Jacobs’ company started. This initiative helped him understand that if you want to help people do good you have to make it simple. There were many times that team members I work on projects with were not able to meet deadlines that were set. My reaction would be to stress over them not doing their work and thereafter either setting a new date for their work to be submitted or taking of the work myself. I have come to the realisation that a better approach would be to walk people through their part of assignment to ensure that they understand how to approach and complete the work they have been assigned.
The link to the TEDx talk by Bert Jacobs:
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