i was hoping for some guidance on how to play the game with a situation at work i work in in an aerospace machine shop i’m doing this apprenticeship to be a machinist mechanist machinistry this means that i’m supposed to get specific types of on-the-job training with a certain set number of hours each what’s that number of hours each okay i go to school one time we’re going to reroll this thing huh no no no no are you going to roll with it discern kind of what he’s asking at the end of the day anyway set numbers normally you get a little sensitive if you make some mistakes i’m just going to take this from the top well my whole life isn’t one big mistake so whatever come on it’s an expression anyway i go to school once a week to supplement it the problem is they won’t give me any work that fills those designations i’m doing my best at the menial paperwork they’ve had had me on for a while without complaint it’s a real problem though when i’m paying out of pocket for the tuition that comes with the program every month spent not getting require required training adds to the five years it takes to complete the ojt on the shop training how do i get them to move me where i’m supposed to be do i just continue to do the best at what they give me and accept the loss of time and money yeah so you remember the book that i caught me of leadership humble not passive so this guy’s being humble playing the game hey i’ll do the menial paperwork i’ll i’ll work these extra hours i’ll do these things that don’t really help me he’s playing he’s playing the game and he’s being humble right but he’s also it sounds like being passive meaning he needs to up his assertiveness to say hey listen hey hey boss i just want to let you know i want to i put together this spreadsheet of what i’m actually going to get accomplished and here’s the things that i want to get done and i know i’m trying to knock out all the stuff and i’m here to support the team but i also need to get these things done can you help me get these things scheduled so that i can be more value to you and the team so yeah you build a relationship through playing the game you build the relationship by giving support wherever you can but at the same time that doesn’t mean that you just roll over and never stand up for yourself that’s not what we’re talking about here the difference is you’re not building a relationship just so you can take care of yourself right that’s different that means i’m just looking out for me you’re building a relationship so that you can move down the right path which by the way is going to make you more a bigger asset to the team so it’s a win-win situation make sure you build that relationship and then talk to them about what it is you’re trying to get done why you’re trying to get it done and that way we move forward down the path and by the way if they’re like shut up and just do this paperwork or shut up we’re not going to help you cool maybe we need to find a place that has a little bit better opportunity for me and i’ll start to float that out there yeah humble not passive i remember a long time ago you’d say uh you you this use this word efficient be more efficient rather than make it easier for me you know like even though they’re essentially the same thing in certain circumstances where it’s like oh yeah this will make it easier for me to become an asset kind of thing but for whatever reason maybe like just the way that sounds well yeah it sounds like you’re looking out for yourself and yeah yeah but if you say you can it’ll get me to be a more valuable asset in a more efficient way who can say no to that because what company doesn’t want efficiency no we want to take the hard road we want to do things that don’t make any sense yeah we want to do things inefficiently no yes efficiency is important not only in jiu jitsu not only in judo but in business in life
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