Tuesday was an interesting day… I went to morning prayer meeting and it was good. That day Pastor prayed about relationships with people. One of them is relationship at work.
My work relationship with most people are ok… Usually on the friendly side. Of course I cannot expect the whole world to like me. There will definately be one or two that cannot stand me and i can’t tolerate them. Well it life!! I can’t make sure that everybody likes me but I won’t be difficult when managing people whom i really cannot tolerate. Got to be a win win situation. So overall office relationship is good.
Though have been working for nearly 1 decade; It is still a struggle to have a positive image. As you know i got a bad experience in my previous department.
Currently both bosses treats me well.
Lady boss – always bought me gifts when she went on holiday. Recently she went Japan. She notice that i like Hello Kitty; she got me a hello kitty bear, hello kitty mobile “decor” and a hello kitty pouch. Hee.. I am so happy.
Male boss – have been nice and tolerant of silly mistakes i made. Many people told me that he treated me alot better than his previous secretary. I think so too…
In whatever i do i give my best and try to be a careful as possible. Work given to me usually takes a longer time to complete as i do not want to make stupid mistakes (which i did when i just started working for them). Meticulous was never my strength. Usually i will look at the big picture and forgot about the details… Now I got to focus on details so that work can run smoothly. Tedious…
Ops!!! off topic… Now back to Tuesday
Tuesday – I was chatting with a manager whom i get along well with. She always help and guide me. So Talkative me went in to her cubical and started a conversation. I ate her granola bar.. haha greedy i know.. She told me something that I always wanted to know; that is what my boss thinks about me as a secretary. I always wonder if i reached the benchmark or failed big time.. I wanted to ask them but too scared to know the truth (ostrict i know). She told me that i was praised.. HAHAHAHHA
Boss told managers that he was impressed by his new secretary (and that is me) and that i am clever!!! HAHAH.. Probably because there was a comparsion…Previous secretary never go an extra mile; and probably because I am web savvy and able to provide him with information.
What i’ve done that impressed him? Few months back I assisted him with his itinerary for a business trip and that country he went was not exactly convenient. Domestic flights don’t operate daily. He mentioned that he will drive to the location if the flight is full or do not operate on that day of transit. While arranging his itinerary; I decided to make things easier if he has to drive. I went online and search for information of the country, the map, the driving distance from point A to B and cost of renting vehicle. Print them and gave it to him. You know google do wonders. After that email all the documents to him so that he has a soft copy. But in the end he do not need to drive, the flight was available. To me what I did was to give information which i think would be useful and make things easier but little did i realise that things like these impressed him. I am really happy to know… =D It encourages me. Going the extra mile do makes a different. I still think i can improve and do even better… Training in process…
THANK GOD FOR THE INTERESTING DAY!!!
I really enjoy morning prayer meeting… Never know that i can wake up so early hahah
