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Posted by: Albert Weng
The picture, a term I use too often and cause much curiosity and questions wondering what the picture I intentionally mean and how to build that capability to have a good picture at work, in life and on everything.
First of all, I don't have a perfect answer to this perfect question, but trust me, if you have this question in mind, no matter where it come to cause your attention. Stick with it, this quest will lead you to a better place.
What's the Picture and How Does It Work for You?
The picture comes from the whole picture, which refers to all the required information and background understanding of a specific thing that's concerned, in a logical way of presence. Simply put, for anyone who think he or she has got the picture on a particular topic, the one shall be able to pitch, explain the whole picture in a level of detail that the key stakeholders could fully understand. You can have your own field test of this assumption.
An example of dealing with colleagues at work. The person in charge who considers to have a business picture in mind is the one who has sufficient background and progress of the case while in the human side, is also able to master a smart touch of stakeholders on their position (power), profile, character, also those being told and untold agenda from both personal and professional levels.
So, what's the power of this magic picture?
I'd say, it's everything when people engage, meet up and work toward the same assignment and project for successful joint force. Here's the few key examples of why the mastery of the picture in between matters.
1) The Picture, Help Build Better Sense
The picture derives from the information and understanding of the thing that's concerned, therefore, the larger the picture reaches out, the better the consensus will be created sooner. This common ground will help build the framework and base of a conversation, thus to pinpoint the issues to deal with faster and more precisely. In addition, the picture will evolve itself alongside the talk, whereas to keep a same page effect eventually.
2) The Picture, Help Turn More Mature
A person with good/ great sense of creating a quality picture on communication and engagement will be recognized as more considerate, experienced, resourceful, and a kind of always being ready for everything (Gosh..., too good to be true!). Continue the pace, the one will be considered as a mature individual who can prepare and make smart moves at work (the picture is the map to guide for right action).
3) The Picture, Help Engage Much Empathy
The more you discover the picture and then managed to master it, you'll become a person with more empathy and able to put your feet into the other's shoe, in a gentle manner. Therefore, you might be able to starting from face to face engagement, and move on to side by side, hand in hand then all the way to heart to heart with a smooth switch during the engagement.
How to Build a Quality Picture (on everything)
The capability to build a picture, of course a quality one is somehow an art rather than science. Two of the endeavors which will help build and shape the competence.
1) Experimentation (not experience)
Try out to explore the best possible experimentations when you have a chance to do so. Taking a new assignment proactive, even those are not directly relate to your knowledge of the domain. The absolute factor that would affect the experimentation is time, and time is the only resource you hardly can really buy and buy back. Use your time wisely is everything, for a successful initiative. Cherish the chance and the moment you have in any given situation, no matter it's good or bad you considered at present. Watch it, listen to it, smell it, and sense it openly and proactively, in order to maximize the possible output and lessons learned from that particular opportunity. You'll be able to advance yourself a little bit on that particular domain or just the thing, thus turn your life better.
2) Reading (a lot)
Because there's no such luxury time allow for everyone to experiment everything they need or want. People might not have those resources, and also money required to support that crazy experiment, yet. In this case, reading is the best way to fill up the gap for making a quality picture. Reading, is not just on the book or any written document, reading people is always critical to build up the competency of knowing the world better, thus to craft a quality picture.
Don't read like a copy machine, which tries to remember and repeat exactly what's been written. We won't be able to
The DO
Know why you read, and try to build a tailored framework you need to learn and absorb this knowledge. During the reading, the purpose is to search the content in order to fill up the framework. That is to say, you'll need to collect
Reading is a process to create a gained knowledge that's generated from our own knowledge building methodology, and is enjoyable.
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Interested in reading? Or if you want to advance your reading skill, the book How to read a book, a classic guide with a lot fun to read. You'll find a clear advice across types of article and also a different level of readership you're interested in.
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