I, me and myself!

We live in a dynamic world where things change rapidly and we don’t even think about the many choices we make on a day to day basis. At times, our choices or the decision we make are influenced by many other factors e.g. our background, our knowledge, previous experience and at times our personality. These same factors also have the potential to limit our choices of decisions that we can make. To me, identifying a limitation is a lot harder than dealing with it. Observing yourself and identifying limitations can potentially help with effectively dealing with them and making better decisions.

Also, these choices may not necessarily have a negative impact on the quality of decision, and mostly they are sensible. This is what makes us a different individual. But when we are influenced by our limitations then they may also reflect on our ability to overcome our limitations. Up until now, I have worked with many developers, managers, technical and non-technical persons. But there is a chance that other individuals are constrained in choices due to us as individuals not making the right decision. potentially, leading to a chain of non-ideal decisions. In some cases, going beyond your own preferred way of working or your own comfort zone has the potential to open new avenues.

Giving a very basic example, intentionally simple, when I started software development and there were occasions, where working as a developer some of the developers really had a personal attachment with certain code implementation. Though they knew other developers had gotten a much better idea, they found it hard to accept that. I asked myself, what I should do?

Thinking carefully about decisions, opened a lot of newer avenues e.g. ability to learn things, knowledge etc. I started taking myself out of the equation and focussing on the right decision. Since I was not emotionally attached, I got the ability that I was least impacted by the choice of decision, but I had a more open and realistic view of the situation. I have looked at this concept from many different angles. Whether it may be that you are limited to technology or it may be a case of overcoming your own ego or it may be a limitation on that way you think about different problems.

As a result, I had a feel-good factor as an individual as well as right decisions resulting in better output. It also helps you become more considerate where you understand others and their limitations. Giving others equal importance and ability to think from their perspective can help with making a better decision. Where you try not to exploit them and try to help and work with them. You understand that we all have limitations, but how can we work together to get the best of our abilities, potentially bringing trust and confidence, resulting in a better working environment.