But what does Kindness mean?

supporting others without expecting something in return

during the last years I started at several company's and I was always surprised that people helped me out a lot when I needed it. At first I thought it was the company culture and sure, this plays a big part, but I think the support I got during the recent years is related to more than just that.

since beginning of 2021 I work in a very difficult and different project than I am used to work in. Meaning I am struggling very bad with tasks sometimes, I make mistakes and miss deadlines. But even when I made mistakes and it meant that people had to work longer, they still supported me in any way they could. This happend in fact just before I am writing these lines. This got me thinking “why they are doing this?”.

I think they do this, because I support them whenever I can with the best of my knowledge.

But how do I do that exactly?

first of all I listen to what they have to say and try to understand what issues they have. Most of the time I have questions to clarify the topic. Sometimes my colleagues find the solution already by answering my questions. If not and they are interested I give them advice, hacks (like in this article) or my personal experience. It’s basically a three step approach:

1. listen

2. understand

3. support

most important, as stated in the beginning of this post, I never give them the feeling that they have to return a favour!

do you think this could be the case why they support me?
let me know what you think!

thank you for your time,

daniel

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