Know Your Craft!

Allow me to share this Quora.com post by Rebecca:  A priest offered a nun a ride.  As she got into the car, she adjusted her habit, revealing a part of her leg.  The priest, startled, almost lost control of the car.  After regaining control, he discreetly allowed his hand to creep up her leg.  The nun gently reminded him:  FATHER, REMEMBER PSALM 129".  Embarrassed, the priest pulled his hand away.  BUT as he shifted gear, his hand wandered AGAIN.  The nun repeated:  FATHER, DON'T FORGET PSALM 147.  The priest apologized, "I'M SORRY SISTER, THE TEMPTATION IS STRONG".  When he reached back to church, he checked PSALM 147 and it says "CONTINUE YOUR SEARCH, FOR FURTHER UP, TRUE REWARDS AWAIT".  That's WHY, you must Know Your Craft📗📙📘

WHAT's the moral of the story?  YES dude, KNOW YOUR CRAFT.  Even at the workplace, that is imperative to KNOW YOUR CRAFT.  Try leading a team WHERE your core knowledge is significantly less than WHAT your team has.  Even within the short-term, you will be hard pressed to gain their TRUST [and eventually respect].  And by not KNOWING YOUR CRAFT, as this story about the priest tells us, YES you will likely miss out on opportunities, BIG TIME!@#$%? At the workplace, things could initially become sticky if you just came in straight from the cold.  And this is WHERE your transitioning comes into play.  BUT that transition phase will be short.  WHAT will become a materially important variable in your equation is your EQ, your ability to interact and engage with others💧💧💧

And this is WHERE your NEVER GIVE UP mindset should come into play.  Because if you're the newest member in a team, your capabilities and competencies is only one half of the equation as internal processes will be materially knew to you.  Hitting the wall over and over again is something you need to anticipate.  I went through that wringer a zillion times each time I got onboarded in a new organization.  And WHAT makes things murkier is WHEN your job role requires engaging and interacting with clients and third-parties💥💥💥

You might ask, WHAT happens if your learning curve to LEARN YOUR CRAFT in that new organization takes longer than WHAT is the median?  Dude, I can guarantee you that you'll be sailing through 'rough seas' much longer and that does NOT augur well for you because that means, those pent up pressures will spike more frequently than WHAT is normal.  This is a common narrative if you hear someone WHO recently onboarded but suddenly offboards OR gets offboarded❎❎❎

Our takeaway:  BTW, to KNOW YOUR CRAFT is just one side of the coins.  Never forget the other side, those inter-personals, your engagements with your new team.  I remember WHEN I was a 'road warrior' based out of India [criss-crossing Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad], outside and beyond work, I was with my Indian teams enjoying Indian food [and even drinks].  The only time I had to part ways with them was WHEN they were about to watch Hindi movies @cinema.  So, just like what the priest said, YES, KNOW YOUR CRAFT!!!