I once got a performance review and unfortunately the manager who wrote my review was unable to sit down with me after writing it. I received meets or exceeds expectations on all counts.
Then the most confusing statement was written in the final notes.
"Needs to be more like a duck."
Yes, I needed to be more like a duck.
Even the manager reading the statement was confused.
I think I finally got what she was saying.
Listening to a cd about productivity they mentioned people who run around like a chicken in the office.
Pecking at tasks and getting the job done but not doing so in a graceful or well organized manner.
My work style was, at the time, more reactive than proactive.
I was getting things done but not being as productive as I could have been if I hadn't been so stressed out from "putting out fires" all day.
Ducks never really seem to get their feathers ruffled quite so easily.
I needed to relax and achieve my goals in a more graceful way by considering my daily tasks as whole pieces (bread crumbs) rather than as many small separate tasks (seeds) to peck at.
Oh and a fun fact I learned when trying to figure out the differences between chickens and ducks?
Chickens can swim. I'm not saying they'll enjoy it, but they can swim.
Enjoying the Journey,
C
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