Make a Difference ~“One person can make all the difference. And that one person is YOU!”

Making Difference!!

“Hey Pooja.. Just read ur blog😍😍😍

It was tooo gud❤ and i cud relate few that happened to me as well..

As u mentioned Deepak s one such amazing person..We luv him for what he is.. 😇

And all the very best🥰 Keep going❤👍🏻”

I receive this message from Sumi , one of my colleague .

Reading this early morning was like start of the day rewarding myself .

You don’t really know how you bring a positive impact in someone’s life , I did receive many messages posts of course for writing “I am” but when you know someone has faced challenges and would like to bring the change within that’s when I think I make a difference .

I received another message maybe after an hour ago from Ann-

“⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🌈

I am SO PROUD OF YOU 👏👏😚

I love your confidence to share your story.

Your journey and our formed connection is truly meant to be, a planned miracle.

I love that you are blogging and sharing. You know as I’ve always mentored “knowledge is power” and kindness matters.

I’m so so proud of you and beyond🌈

I’m so touched I wished to speak face to face so I can speak directly to you but I show it’s 6:53am in morning. But if in cab on way to work, Face Time me.

Please keep sharing your story..”

I thank all the readers :)

 She has of course been another person who has always encouraged and influenced me in last 3 years .

I started writing I AM because I believe living in the present and hence all my blogs would be only about how you change yourself , how you create a positive environment around you.

Making a difference , when you hear this what do you think about ?

I never understood unless Deepak told me during one of our conversation , he happened to say that –“But they are not making any difference hence are in the same role “

 A happy work environment attracts people and helps us do best for the company.

I’ll share my best experiences that I have learnt at workplace.

So my first work place, it is definitely a happy environment and I was lucky to meet people who influenced and shared knowledge.

Working with Deepak and his team was more like working to build ideas and trust, My Job designation, my job role or title did not really matter as I have explained in my first blog.

Working with him I had learnt to demonstrate ownership and leadership in every role that was given to me.

So when I talk about making difference it is not just about helping the poor or  being part of social welfare  .

It is about how important your presence is wherever you go,

You can talk about making a difference or You make a difference.

Well, since I am writing this for people who are working I shall relate things to work environment and share ideas in this blog.

So it is like Regardless of your job title, your role can make a difference, It shows the leadership and ideas .

I remember when I was asked to handle newly formed team I did not realise why was i asked to go there and maybe after working few days with them I understood their challenges.

It took about a week for me to get along with these guys but meanwhile I also did ask Deepak as in how long will I be here and if I’ll be going back to my previous team soon , (That was my senior role) and he always kept saying once this team is stabilised .

He said –“You were here because management thinks that you can make difference, they trust you and hence have given you this role”

Well , this is not something new for me the reason being I have been working with Deepak for long and there is no such job which is too small, Even the smallest job matters. 

It is all you , your role , how you take it and how much difference you make .

I must have taken 2 more different roles so far after this I believe  …

Now when I say making difference.. it is not at all about your performance review or meeting your numbers , it’s more like personally recognising and rewarding yourself.

When someone from management believes in you and asks you to take up a role because they believe that you can do it ,isn’t it like rewarding yourself personally ??

So here are few things which are I think important to carry in day to day not only professional but personal life when you really want to make difference and transform every job into a positive experience.

The most important thing before all is :

Be transparent and ask –

If you have a question, then ask.

Deepak has always encouraged an environment where you are open to ask him anything, Be transparent , Honest and share results .

I was asked to reach out right people and learnt to adapt things to be flexible and handle things more efficiently .

Too often it happens that employee makes up his own answer or they share what they think the manager wants to hear.

Someone who doesn’t know the answer also makes up his own answer with a fear of not disappointing the person asking the question. So this is not an option to expand your knowledge , it is okay to question top level and take time and get back to your customer or whoever it is .

Listen :

I believe that Listening is equal to learning .

Whether you are in higher level position or a new bee for more knowledge it is important to share ideas of course ..but yes very important to listen .

Listening to them will help you know the individual and build trust.

If you put your ego to the side, you’ve got a better chance of dealing with difficult people at work.

You got to be more open to people when it comes to work , its then when people start approaching you .

Find what’s missing :

When you want to make something different you need to step outside and find an opportunity. Think of an idea … be It streamlining the process or anything which you think is missing and you bring it to notice that everyone else is missing .

 This new start will give you more exposure because you have come up with the idea , you have the thought process .

Few of us do want to change anything but just follow what has been thought by our seniors.

But you will make the difference if you come up with new idea and find if there is something missing and you make can make it better.

With this attitude you will learn to take up initiatives and demonstrate leadership qualities.

Show Empathy :

This is something that I understood during my soft skill training sessions but could never implement it for first few months.

So this is something that I had learnt from school environment and my parents of course ,

But never knew if this will really work in bringing the change in work environment .

 So Empathy is basically the ability to see things from someone else’s perspective and to relate it —this is extremely important in teamwork and leadership.

Other than this as I have shared few points in my previous blog “Be the Change “ where I have discussed about Gratitude is again very important when you make difference .

So I have learnt all this from few people at workplace , I hope you enjoyed learning this.

Now do not just work for the sake of it but let your presence make the difference!!