Welcome Professionals…
…a problem shared is a problem halved – this is an old welknown proverb.
Two weeks ago I ran into a big problem. I will not go into details, but it was bothering me so much that it affected my work, my overall mood, and my sleep.
Since then I have shared the problem with many different people, including my wife, co-workers, friends. I shared it openly with about 20 people. I openly admitted that I do not understand what I did wrong and if I did something wrong at all.
It was amazing. I received so much emotional support and good practical clues. It all motivated me to go through a tedious process to recapitulate the whole project from the start to the point of failure. And finally, the solution was found and implemented right away together with a colleague. Teaming up and putting it to work felt like a great relieve. A simple solution after two weeks of struggle.
Most of the time, I feel reluctant to share my problems with someone. I have the feeling that it is a sign of weakness if I cannot figure it out by myself. In the end I must admit, it is much more clever to use the problem solving skills of a group of people.
Just like the sharing economy of UBER and Airbnb uses infrastructure more efficiently. Let’s make use of the power of many brains and share!
Thanks for sharing,
Malte
There is a saying here ” Two heads are better than one” When you have problems, i have found out keeping it to yourself does not make you better. Down here people are rather secretive, they are afraid of sharing there problems lest it get worse instead of getting better. Problems kept to yourself will affect everything about you, even the people around you.
The only thing problems must be shared with the right people or else it can blow out of proportion and get even worse but if share with the right people they will be in a position to help.
Thank you very much, Yeside!