April 28-29, 2020
I have been feeling frustrated for a few days now. Not because of CoVid19 but primarily because of things happening at work. Change can be difficult for a lot of people especially if these people have been doing the same thing for a long time. I should know but really I don’t have infinite amount of patience and refuse to take no for an answer. It is a difficult balance to make especially if one is new.
If you don’t do it, nothing is possible. If you try, at least there’s hope.
Jack Ma, Alibaba
Sometimes I wonder why people don’t see things the way things should be looked at or why they can’t see what I see. Is it me or is it them? I suppose this is where leadership comes in – figure a way to align your vision with the people that you work with. It’s a new challenge I have to figure out together with all the other little things that need to be worked out.
Personally, to expand my scope of knowledge, I signed up for an online course offered by Harvard University for free during the pandemic. It’s one of the things I wanted to do while sheltered-in-place, learn something new. It’s very interesting to have a different perspective. This is how we grow as individuals. We can’t be static or be comfortable with what we know. We should always be curious about things we don’t. This is also why I get frustrated when people don’t try to put themselves out of their comfort zone. If you’re like me, go to EdX.org – a massive online course provider created by MIT and Harvard University. Some courses are for free, others for a fee if you want to obtain credentials.
As I wrapped up my day today, I read an article featuring some of the nurses in a well-known hospital in New York – NY Langone – and how they feel about being in the frontline. It’s really a heartbreaking experience for them. The anxiety, the guilt, the sense of despair, the loss, the demand of the job. I wonder if any of those people protesting for the end of the shelter-in-place ordinances around the country even read about these people? These folks who are risking their own lives everyday to care of the sick amongst us? I wonder if they do but don’t care? Why are some people even discriminating against them? Fear? Ignorance? Lack of empathy?
Too many problems to solve. Too big an issue. We need to start somewhere and I resolve to start with me. We can only effect change if we change ourselves.
