Over the years I’ve realised that one of the strongest things that motivates me is learning new things. Learning is so important for work, but I’ve been taking a long look at how valuable some it is in the longer term. I think many of us feel like as long as we’re learning, we are achieving something useful. Learning new things, dealing with new situations, it’s what keeps things interesting. Learning gives us a sense of achievement too. Simply feeling like we understand better or can do more feels like a win. And the learning can make us better equipped for future situations. We can do more than we could before, or we can do it quicker or more efficiently. We just understand things better. It makes us feel like we are progressing.
Don't worry, Oliver. There is enough dysfunction out there to make ALL that learning transferable and useful! Becoming good at it doesn't limit your toolset, it just allows you to hone it and improve its transferability. The other tools in your armoury don't rust, as dealing with dysfunction inevitably calls them all into play.
Trust me, been there, done that, got the scars and the t-shirt! 😀
Thinking about my current work, I wonder if learning to live through dysfunction is simply the first step towards more productive learning? Something of a foundation for deeper work maybe? I think that although these activities in fixing up problematic workflows or clunky technology may not seem 'transferable' as a set of skills to be listed on LinkedIn, what I do think is transferable is the mindset in how I approach these situations. I am not sure if it is related, but this has me thinking about the Solo Taxonomy, but maybe that is different. Not sure.
Don't worry, Oliver. There is enough dysfunction out there to make ALL that learning transferable and useful! Becoming good at it doesn't limit your toolset, it just allows you to hone it and improve its transferability. The other tools in your armoury don't rust, as dealing with dysfunction inevitably calls them all into play.
Trust me, been there, done that, got the scars and the t-shirt! 😀
Thinking about my current work, I wonder if learning to live through dysfunction is simply the first step towards more productive learning? Something of a foundation for deeper work maybe? I think that although these activities in fixing up problematic workflows or clunky technology may not seem 'transferable' as a set of skills to be listed on LinkedIn, what I do think is transferable is the mindset in how I approach these situations. I am not sure if it is related, but this has me thinking about the Solo Taxonomy, but maybe that is different. Not sure.