sotolf

I was thinking I'd be a bit personal today, and talk a bit of what kind of person I am, I don't really know if this will be interesting to others, but I found it interesting today, so it will be what I'll be doing.

I need restricted tasks and deadlines.

I'm pretty good at finding solutions, and troubleshooting things, but one thing that I'm not good at is to prioritise or find out where to start, put one task in front of me and give me the time and I'll figure it out, give me five tasks and I get overwhelmed, I don't know where to start, I jump back and forth, trying to get things done, get more tasks added, and now don't know what or where I am, if I can work down a list I'm a happy person I don't need much more than that and I can do that well.

I always underestimate what I'm capable of doing.

When faced a task, I don't really know what I will manage to do, I won't think I can do it, until someone gives me a push, and it usually ends up with me managing way more than I think I would manage. Without the pushes that I get from my manager I would manage way fewer things that I do, I'm not one to promise things that I don't know 100% clearly that I can do, and that's not that much.

Panic-mode

With something big to do and a deadline, I get stressed and panic, and often I need someone to tell me to calm down, focus on one thing and get there, I do manage, but I need to get over that hump.

Good management is really important

Basically what the conclusion is is that having a good manager, that is not me, is something really important. When someone is good at dealing with stuff, and know their people well, it's quite amazing how much more capable a team gets. As I get older something that I have found out as I grow older is that management just isn't a skillset that I have, and with good management I can do so much more than I thought I would be able to.