Introduction Starting a new role often brings an interesting challenge. You want to demonstrate that you are capable and ready for more responsibility, but you also do not want to agree to everything and end up overwhelmed. When a manager gives you a new responsibility, your first reaction may be to say yes immediately. After all, being willing to take on more work can seem like a good way to build trust. But there is a smarter approach. The key is to negotiate the responsibility around priorities, expectations, and outcomes rather than simply accepting or rejecting the request. Understand Why the Responsibility Matters Before agreeing to take on something new, understand why it is important. Ask what problem the responsibility is expected to solve and what outcome your manager wants. A task may seem like extra work, but it could also be an opportunity to take ownership of something valuable. Understanding the purpose helps you decide how much attention the responsibility de...
Introduction “I am the wisest man on earth because I know one thing that I know nothing”. These mindful words are of Socrates. He is one of the most popular philosophers of all time. He sacrificed his life for humanity without even thinking twice. Socrates had not written his biography but we can know about him by reading books of his student, Plato. He was from a very poor family and his father was a sculptor. He fought for his nation as a young army man. Many times during the war he used to go to a lonely place and think for several hours. When he didn’t like army and sculptor work then he opened his own school where young students used to ask a wide variety of questions from him. Socrates was a very open-minded person but at that time people of Athens used to follow dogmatic rules. Due to his revolutionary ideas, he gained the attention of many other philosophers but few of them became his enemies. Death of Socrates The people of Athens were very conservative and there was great tur...