I created this personal user guide based on how I see myself, please feel free to provide feedback of you know me!
My Drive I like structure and can go into overdrive with this. For some people, it can block creativity. Call me out on that if you feel that’s happening and I’m moving too fast or I’m trying to overly structure things. I often expect the people around me to be as organized, but sometimes I forget to mention that I know we all do things differently and that’s fine. I'm driven by being intellectually challenged, a feeling of purpose and creativity. I enjoy spending time with my wife and two sons a lot. At the same time, I love spending time alone. Reading or just playing around with my computer (probably being on YouTube). I start my days late: Monday's often at 10:00. The rest of the week I start at around 09:30. Before that I'm spending time waking up, meditating, and with family. I often work in the evenings on Saturday and during the holidays. Working from home gives me a lot of focus, and makes it easier to spend time with my family.
Best way to communicate with me I enjoy instant messaging for personal communication. If we work together, you can reach me at any time during the week. If you want my opinion on something, send me an email. If it’s urgent, call me. I prefer to discuss things in real life. I'm super interested in why you believe what you believe. Help us build these contexts by over-communicating. Share your logic, particularly when we're building trust. It's even more important when we're just getting to know each other. During group meetings I love it when most time is spent around discussing concrete proposals. Let the group know if you're losing your energy. Just say it. We might need to change something to the structure or contents of the meeting. I welcome this change. The way I work I'm a hard worker. But I'm also very lazy. I like to do things in the minimal amount of time necessary. I sometimes enjoy doing chores and repetitive tasks. I'm quite likely to procrastinate things that I don't like to do or are very complex. I can focus on the task at hand when there are high levels of motivation, but often find myself distracted by something more entertaining, interesting or worrisome.
Feel free to talk about anything to me, from questions about work, the company, it's strategy, your personal life, your personal development or your interests. I like helping you so please ask plenty of questions. It's really helpful if you're proactive with your learning goals. If possible I will help you with this. It's a lot of fun when we reach a point where information flows freely back and forth. I appreciate it if you share what you're learning and what you still have to learn. Share your a-ha moments and outstanding questions. I need time to digest plans, ideas and suggestions. The more you can inform me on the reasoning behind your idea, the better. I really get annoyed if I sense that you didn’t spend the time to really think about things yourself, but I find it hard to voice this sometimes. Feedback and celebrating success Celebrating things is not part of my DNA. I'm not likely to celebrate things that go well, or reward good behavior. I don't hand out compliments easily. I also don't give others a lot of feedback spontaneously. I value feedback enormously. I value it in a one sentence email when I said something stupid or nice. I value it when you put a lot of time in it and give it to me in a more elaborate manner. Please let me know when you feel like I've missed things, there's a chance you know me better than I do!
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