Every task is a project, and while they may not always go smoothly, they offer opportunities for growth.
By tackling problems that arise during projects, you can improve your leadership, communication, and stress management skills.
Learning and growing from failures and challenges, and developing problem-solving abilities are integral parts of our personal development journey.
Whether it's a job, a business, or freelancing, every task is fundamentally a project. Development, marketing, sales, recruitment – you can substitute the word 'project' for everything. When setting quarterly, semi-annual, and annual plans, we ponder and decide what we'll do. Within that process and cycle, we discuss which projects we'll undertake and by when.
Those projects can really be frustrating and challenging. It would be great if our projects progressed smoothly and without a hitch, just as we planned. But that's not usually the case. Every time that happens, you want to throw every negative word in the world at it.
It's a double-edged sword. When a project doesn't go well, it's incredibly stressful, and you get the urge to quit or give up. But in those moments, I grow.
It makes you think about how to manage the project, what kind of communication you need to have with whom, how to communicate and think, who to utilize and how, and how to defend and maintain relationships.
You can handle a project independently, but ultimately, it's about satisfying someone else. That's the foundation. Even if you create it and are satisfied with it, you'll need to sell it to someone. And if the target person isn't satisfied, you have to do it again. Or convince them. And if you need to make revisions, you have to think about and execute something from what I mentioned earlier.
And in these situations, you can learn how to control your mindset, manage stress, and take breaks.
You won't know unless you experience it. Seeing is believing. You have to go through difficult and challenging situations to develop the ability to overcome them. It's tough for everyone at first, but once you get used to it, you'll eventually find solutions wisely.
Ultimately, it's about experience, and that experience leads to growth. I'm not saying that it's bad for things to go smoothly. Even in smooth sailing, there can be a bit of discord. It's about how you adjust that, that's where the learning comes from.
For me, every client in sales is a project. Because every customer's needs and circumstances are different. It makes my head hurt, and I wonder how I can help them, what aspects to emphasize, and how to deliver the results. It's painful because it's always changing. But I believe that all of these processes and pains will ultimately make me grow.
We learn through mistakes, but we also learn through pain. We shouldn't fear that pain, but confront it and find solutions, even if it's tough. Like the feeling of wrestling with math problems in the past, we can still grow by solving problems.