Congratulations on your promotion. This article is a very timely read for me. We recently went through a retrenchment exercise at my work place, and the experience left me very difficult position, personally. It also gave me the impetus to refocus and rediscover my passion, the love of just hitting the ball.
From a very young age I have loved learning and imparting knowledge, educating. One of my first memories is coming back from kindergarten, sitting down with my younger siblings and neighbours and reenacting what we did in school that day, with me being the teacher. As I grew up, I kept on doing this, through mentorship, couching and even volunteer Sunday school teaching.
I realized the joy I derived from this experience was unrivalled. The feeling when you see the realisation and understanding in someone else's eyes is priceless and rewarding to the max.
Over time in my career this light and joy had diminished. I have trained a number of colleagues, pricing and data analytics - current role, many of whom have moved on to better opportunities in other companies and currently all have since left. This has been over a span of about 10 years. In this period, I have horned my skills, gained more experience and gotten to enjoy what I do. The downside is there has been little to no recognition and renumeration change during this period. Like Novak I got to a point I no longer enjoyed hitting the ball. The redundancy exercise was my refocus call, what is it that you love doing, that brings you joy, that puts that sparkle in your eyes. It is the ability to teach, the joy that comes from learning and enlightening others.
Recently I got the opportunity to train a small group on excel, one of my areas of expertise as a data analyst. I got a question during class that got my learning curiosity going. I later spent time on this and when I cracked it,....... I was so excited I called up my mum and brother to spread the joy 😊 😂. I felt so happy and accomplished and they could hear it in my voice. I have follow up with the team to take them through it in the coming days. The experience left me excited and rejuvenated.
As I look for more opportunities to learn and educate, I will continue training, even if they proceed on beyond me. A teacher comes in many forms. I will continue hitting the ball because it brings me joy.
I apologise for the long post, but I felt compelled to share because this has really spoken to me. Thank you for writing this article.
PS: I really enjoy watching tennis 🎾 even if I don't play. it 😄.
It is really clear when someone loves something, they're obsessed, they're opinionated, they know everything about it. They make the people around them excited with the contagious energy they have.
Thats who I want to be and who I want to be around. A great post and congrats on the promotion.
Congratulations on your promotion. This article is a very timely read for me. We recently went through a retrenchment exercise at my work place, and the experience left me very difficult position, personally. It also gave me the impetus to refocus and rediscover my passion, the love of just hitting the ball.
From a very young age I have loved learning and imparting knowledge, educating. One of my first memories is coming back from kindergarten, sitting down with my younger siblings and neighbours and reenacting what we did in school that day, with me being the teacher. As I grew up, I kept on doing this, through mentorship, couching and even volunteer Sunday school teaching.
I realized the joy I derived from this experience was unrivalled. The feeling when you see the realisation and understanding in someone else's eyes is priceless and rewarding to the max.
Over time in my career this light and joy had diminished. I have trained a number of colleagues, pricing and data analytics - current role, many of whom have moved on to better opportunities in other companies and currently all have since left. This has been over a span of about 10 years. In this period, I have horned my skills, gained more experience and gotten to enjoy what I do. The downside is there has been little to no recognition and renumeration change during this period. Like Novak I got to a point I no longer enjoyed hitting the ball. The redundancy exercise was my refocus call, what is it that you love doing, that brings you joy, that puts that sparkle in your eyes. It is the ability to teach, the joy that comes from learning and enlightening others.
Recently I got the opportunity to train a small group on excel, one of my areas of expertise as a data analyst. I got a question during class that got my learning curiosity going. I later spent time on this and when I cracked it,....... I was so excited I called up my mum and brother to spread the joy 😊 😂. I felt so happy and accomplished and they could hear it in my voice. I have follow up with the team to take them through it in the coming days. The experience left me excited and rejuvenated.
As I look for more opportunities to learn and educate, I will continue training, even if they proceed on beyond me. A teacher comes in many forms. I will continue hitting the ball because it brings me joy.
I apologise for the long post, but I felt compelled to share because this has really spoken to me. Thank you for writing this article.
PS: I really enjoy watching tennis 🎾 even if I don't play. it 😄.
It is really clear when someone loves something, they're obsessed, they're opinionated, they know everything about it. They make the people around them excited with the contagious energy they have.
Thats who I want to be and who I want to be around. A great post and congrats on the promotion.