I’ve been working for the Bay shore company for more than a year now. I’m a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. For the past two years I’ve been working, helping a large team of nurses and staff physicians train their knowledge, skills, and abilities to create a high quality of care in a safe and caring environment.
So in other words Ive been doing my job right. As I continue working towards meeting the ever-important goal of becoming a Registered Nurse, I’m constantly reminded of the importance of self-awareness. I’ve learned that there are times when I make a poor decision and then I have to admit it. I’ve learned that there are times when I make a poor decision and then I have to ask myself if I want to be at fault for my poor decision.
Not to be a Debbie Downer, but I will say that I have become a little more self-aware and conscious as the weeks have gone on. I have become more aware of my actions and behaviors. I know that when I make a bad decision, I have to put myself in my own shoes and ask myself what if/how would I have done it differently. And I have learned to use my own judgment when making a decision.
The day I started reading up on how to be a better person through self-awareness and self-compassion I went to the library and picked out a few books on the topic. I picked The Art of Stoic Thinking by Viktor Frankl. I picked Stoic Writings by Viktor Frankl. I picked The Power of Habit by Viktor Frankl. I picked The Power of Habit by Viktor Frankl. I picked The Power of Habit by Viktor Frankl.
The list goes on and on, but one of the most powerful things that Viktor Frankl has to say is that you can’t go around criticizing yourself when you’re in the throes of a crisis. I had this thought about how my self-awareness was just beginning and whether it could help me in this situation. And that feeling was probably the same one Viktor Frankl would have had. It’s a feeling of power, and it’s one I can’t quite explain.
I think we tend to put too much pressure on ourselves. We feel like we should be doing the right thing, and if we’re not, we should be able to do it better. But we’re not always in the right place at the right time and we’re not always doing what we need to be doing.
If Viktor Frankl had had that feeling, he might have been able to give advice to whoever was in the car behind him. In the car behind us, we all feel like we should be doing the right thing. Yet we are all in the wrong place at the wrong time. It’s like we are all alone, and we think that alone is okay. It’s not right! We are all connected. We are all together. We are all a part of the same wave.
In the Bay Shore Company, each of us has a different role. The role of the owner (aka owner of the car) is to maintain order and focus. The role of the driver is to maintain safety. The role of the mechanic is to fix the car whenever it breaks down. The role of the driver is to keep us from making the wrong decisions. The role of the mechanic is to make the right decisions.
I like that idea. It can’t be everyone doing everything all the time. There has to be a place where we all come together and work together. The bay shore company is that place.
But that’s not all. The bay shore company is a place where the driver and the mechanic can come together and learn to work together, even if they’re working together for the first time. It’s a place where they can go to, for whatever reason, and learn to work together. It’s a place where no one is an authority. Because no one is an authority, there is no fear of failure, or you might not get paid.