3/30/15

Chit Chat: Success at Work


Chit Chat: Success at Work
Recently, Tracy and I were talking about work. More specifically, we were talking about excelling at work. At first I had to ponder this and I told Tracy that I didn't think I was excelling at work. I told her I believed I was in the middle of the pack. I didn't think I was doing horrible and I didn't think I was displaying excellence. So, I decided that I must just be mediocre at my job. This was a little unnerving, because I don't want to just be mediocre. Do you? A little while later though, I realized several things that have happened recently at work that show I am not mediocre. In the last few months a few things have happened that helped me realize that I must be doing great at my job.

I have had several successes at work in the last school year. Last year I was chosen to be the math representative on our school-wide literacy team. This team consists of one person from each subject taught at our school. I was also asked to present at a math conference last year by a couple of people who have been coming to our school to lead math strategy PLC trainings. In January I was chosen to attend the Math Design Collaborative meetings for our high school math team. I have been attending these meetings and am expected to bring back what I learn to share with the other high school math teachers. Recently our student government also voted me "teacher of the week" at our school. I find this to be an honor that our students chose me. We are also taking part in a new math program this year and a lady from the program comes once a month to sit in on a lesson and to offer advice. The last time she came she told our program coach (who later told me) that I had excellent classroom management skills.

Sometimes it is easy to get drawn into the hectic schedule, making plans, and all the hard work that it is easy to doubt yourself. It is easy to think you aren't living up to your expectations and easy to think you aren't doing as much as you should. But if you take a few minutes and really think about it, I bet you have had some recent successes at work too that will show you just how excellent you have been doing your job.


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11 comments:

  1. Self doubt can happen, sometimes it does when we think we should have achieved more or be where others are, but when we realise that we run our own races and count our successes compared to failures, we are right where we are meant to be and have done so much more than we think. xx

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  2. Hope you two have a great week.

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  3. we do often under estimate ourselves but it is a far better quality that those who give themselves way more credit than deserved.

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  4. Super cute this post! Perfect.
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  5. I felt that way for a long time - I finally feel like I am excelling at work by contributing new ideas and showing our company how we can really relate to our customers through messaging. Unfortunately I felt held back for a long time based on a manager who didn't really care for me. Politics in the work place suck, but they are there. I try to think where I might be had I not had someone holding me back. Of course there are many other things I could have been doing to excel sooner and I allowed it to be more of an issue than it should be, but I think it can feel difficult to feel successful when many things are expected from you in a position and you never feel like you even have a free moment to think outside the box!

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  6. i've been at my same job for 16 years(!!!) and definitely feel that way. it sounds like you've hit some wonderful milestones at work....keep up the great work!

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  7. I'm really happy you wrote about this! You are the opposite of mediocre! Anything for kids is just amazing on it's own. It is hard for me to "toot my own horn" but I love to hear of others' successes!!!! I need to do that too!!!! Thank you!

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  8. Thank you for sharing! I really needed to hear it. I have been blogging for a while and it seemed that the next milestone and collaboration would make me feel successful but no matter how much I do, I still feel like I'm a small no-good blog where barely anyone visits. I am good at what I do and with perseverance and determination I can be awesome! I will be awesome!


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  9. I love the quality pictures you post.. & thank you for this post - Although, it does sound like you're doing very well with your work - all the best to you xx

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