Tuesday, May 6, 2008
New Insight...I may be running out of new ones soon
So, today we had a staff "retreat" (really it was a training and there was no real treat involved) and there was a speaker who was talking about his experience working with people with disabilities. While he was talking he mentioned a situation in which he was called upon to close down some kind of residential center in 24 hours. He talked about organizing people in order to get everything done in the small amount of time. This lead me to realize that I thrive on problem solving. I loved the idea of having someone bring that problem to me to solve. Unfortunately this new insight probably leads me in a different career direction especially since I think that problem solving is probably the strength that I should focus on (my best strength or something like that). Counseling as I've learned calls upon the counselor to help the client through situations. A counselor is specifically told not to solve the problem for the client. No wonder I'm frustrated! I know the rules of counseling and I completely agree with it, but that's not what my strength is. I want people to bring me problems that I (or me and a group) need to solve. What an exciting thing! So yeah...I wonder where this new realization will lead me?
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Problem solving...yeah. That really does answer a lot. It's the skill that corresponds to your composure--the stabilizing force you bring into nearly every scenario. When someone drops their mess into your lap, as you described, is a gesture of respect and a lending of control. That's ideal.
Also, problem solving could be seen as a common factor in the many things you do by nature. Some e.g.'s:
1) You standing over me just after I had slipped on muddy, petrified lava, asking, "Ok. What hurts?"
2) You being the de facto technology guru of your family.
3)You trying to drive the car even when you're not behind the wheel. (Your poor father, two more just like you in the car telling him where to go)
4)And, of course, your famous "planning mode."
Good thinking, lady.
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