Today I had some feedback from kind of a job interview thing, and gosh it was HARSH. He was talking about my lack of profissionalism and lack of maturity, and I could only hear it all and nod. I'm not saying that ideally a person should be able to speak up. Don't. Your senior is speaking from his experience and ideals which are always valuable, and people need time to process information and come up with a resolution. I think he nailed quite well some stuff he said about me, but values differ from person to person.
It's not the first time I'm called immature. Apparently my idea of maturity is different from everyone else. I think most people see mature as, mainly, hardworking, but also with good professional and social conduct. I see maturity as someone who is very emotionally intelligent, someone that can make the right decisions in life for himself and others, someone that learns from errors and really ponders on the subjects that affect him.
Anyone will say that being a hardworking person will lead you to success. Most times it will. I think hardworking is a good quality. But if you look at it from a especific perspective, it may not be a good quality. Being a hardworker won't always make you happy. Money isn't as closely related to happiness as people think. There is research that was done to back up this information.
So I did some thinking and I ended up disagreeing with a lot of what he said, and I'll have to think carefully if I want to approach him and talk about it. In thruth I don't even think the problem with my interview thing was a maturity or a hardworking problem, even though I talked about it. I think it partially is, but not significantly so.
Anyone have any stories?
