Monday, June 13, 2011
Reflection on the reading wk3: chapters 5-8
I must say the notion that "the eyes never lie" really is true. There is a lot I can learn from my co-workers, my bosses, and the teachers I am helping, by really looking at their eyes when I speak to them. Looking in their eyes can tell me wether or not they are really into what I am saying and wether or not I am connecting with them. I can remember being half way through a seminar on technology and making eye contact with some teachers and instantly realizing I never had their attention. I need to remember that concept as I go on with my work.
Rule number 6 is something I feel I am grasping. I really don't take myself too seriously, and I don't think I am in danger of doing so any time soon. I do know though that people in my department do take themselves way too seriously, and I can see that it hinders a lot of things in their work life and becomes a stumbling block to success. I know that personally I have a hard time respecting leaders that are unnecessarily serious about themselves. I know it's not right to disrespect leaders and I would never do anything outright against them, but internally I loose a little bit of admiration when I see a leader being very serious about themselves all the time.
The concept of leading from your chair so to speak is something that I don't give enough credit. I know that there is truth to the concept that if you do the best with the position and resources you are given you will be successful. Sometimes it is hard to believe that when you don't feel that things could possibly get better. I know that I have to remind myself of that concept often even though I feel that what I have right now doesn't add up to very much.
2 comments:
- Ali Weinreb said...
- Your thoughts are so true with looking at people. I myself am very aware of this and can tell just by looking at people if they are really listening and getting what I am saying. Just because someone might be looking at you when you speak doesn’t mean they are really hearing what you are saying.
- Tremeris Sanders said...
- Making eye contact with someone you are conversing with is vital in letting them know that you are fully engaged in the conversation. While in undergrad I liked to sit in the middle of the classroom. Not because I didn't want to be easily noticed but because I noticed that most of my teachers tended to focus on this section of the class while lecturing. I felt that if I sat there while they swept the room with their eyes they would notice the eye contact from me an feel reassured that somebody was paying attention.
- June 14, 2011 7:54 PM
