When life hands you a lemon
...make lemonade. That is the message that I got from the speaker of the seminar that we attended yesterday. There was this question during the open forum, about how one of our colleagues, for reasons only the concerned official knows, was "removed" from his former post as designated accountant of our College and was moved to position of assistant to the school carpenter/electrician who does menial repair jobs in the school. He felt he was being made to feel redundant despite the fact that he knows he had been good at the job, and the school needed him. What was most unthinkable was that his replacement does not have the necessary qualifications for the job which, on the contrary, he possesses.
The speaker went ahead to cite an example from her own career history mentioning how she survived in a job for which she had no training. It was obvious that she had no knowledge of the background of the circumstances of our school and how designations are made on the basis of trust and confidence, not competence nor academic qualifications or experience required for the post. Our College has no items for major administrative positions, so many of the faculty are designated to some of these administrative posts. And as these are only designations, not appointments, our administrator can remove or move them as he pleases.
So what should our friend do given the circumstance where he is given a job for which he has no preparation and which has given him low employee morale?
Talking it out with the Administration is out of question.Previous conferences and face to face confrontation have resulted in one undeniable truth which is the loss of trust and confidence from both sides.
There is of course another alternative which was to beat the hell out of the system. But that would give the other party a sense of triumph. In many cases, one reason for making an employee suffer in his job is so he would opt out. Unless he has a sighted greener pastures, I would not advise to do this especially in this era where jobs are hard to come by. The other alternative that would remain is of course, our seminar speaker's advise: make lemonade. The situation has become sour like a lemon, then of course we can sweeten it up a little by adding a little sugar.
The sugar can take the form of a little attitude adjustment, which can result in many desirable effects. We think of that specific change as demoralizing, but we can also look at it as a favor. Our friend can follow this line of thinking: Perhaps my boss doesn't want me to get so stressed out on a difficult job, so i am given a job with which i do not need to use my gray matters so much. Or I can learn to become a good carpenter. Christ, was himself a carpenter.Which of course is a long shot.
Well in effect that was exactly what our speaker was saying. Sometimes we can not help the things that are occurring around us. We just have to accept them and adjust to them. It would take a lot of patience to do that. But it will pay off in the long run especially if it is coupled with positive thinking.
According to James Allen, (author, "A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings. "
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