As a fulltimer I work for at least 35 hours a week. 41 hours in total with one hour break and plus one hour extra with morning briefing. And not to be forgotten the 7.5 hours biking to work. For five days a week I am like many people, we sppend most of my daytime at work.
Job is more than 'something that just or must happen'. Every working people is a commited 'athlete' paid for his or her chosen sport. It's my JOB speaks often louder than it's me. At the beginning of my cariere as a sales person, I faced many distractions between my values and the people value at my work. But then when I read the company platform I understand something. The way of how my team works is not yet the most ideal way like what are stated or recognized as the company values. Of course everyone ideally strive for these values. It is like who change who. Does the value change me as a person? Or my individuality has to adapt the company values. In fact we hear that people say, 'Ik ben so, wat moet ik nog vanderen.' 'It's me, what should I change then?'
I remembered what my current manager said during the job interview. He stated literally,' You are the type of person this company wants!' After eight month working I do aggree that he is absolutely right. However, being ideal is a never ending work. It is a non stop work done with passion. Passion that support me to renew and review what I've done and what I've thought directed by my believe system.
This job makes me better as an individual. It brings me to the essence of humanity, at the same time to find out who I am, what is the construction of my believe system to track where mt spontaneity is from. This consciousness is important to set the new ideal believe, my current values In order to create a sort of theraphy for a better attitude.
Every sales conversation is a view of who I am as a human being, and later as a professional. Often if something unwanted happens I do self talk, 'Gama, what are you thinking about them, yourcustomers, honestly?' It is quick obvious that If you hate children or senior of sort od groups of people than you'll see the miror effect of this in your commercial talk. Being conscious to our belife system is a must to change the attitude. With no doubt I realize that this job is a marathon in shapingME. At the first place, as a person then as a sales person. This combination I call as a PERSONALITY.
On my second month working for AS Adventure I got a customer searching for a special warming patch. "Are you going to go skiing, sir?" I asked. He said that he got cold easily if he is fishing. Then I told him perhaps something wrong with his shoes or the socks.
Funnily he said something else, "I recognize your laughing and your empathy. Were you in Leuven two years ago?" He told me that I have helped his daughter In giving orientation for choosing university residences. Then he asked me to wait and came back with his wife and their two daughters. "remember him?" He asked them. For a moment they have to thing and then he gave a clue, "A boy
from Leuven!" Then they said oh yeah...
That is the first time in my life, a father of two daughter said straight over my face that he recognized my laugh and EMPATHY. empathy seems too heavy, but that's the power of a personal value that many of us don't know.
My colleagues in Antwerp named me a litle sun, and three years ago when I did intership in Jackwofskin Leuven, Kelly said, "if you come then the sun shines." Customers said often, "You are always vriendly and helpful, is this always like this here?" And some of them shake my hands to thank. All of them are my PERSONALITY MATERIALS.
Do those labels show me that I am a unique person? Do they make me different and offer an added values to my company? ArE they the signs of my personality growth as a person and as a? Damn YES. And this happens Everyday on the workfloor. Above all, it is an individual choice. Personality
is created, it is a result of a hard work.now, evry minute is a moment to change to be better in my own way.
