Being manager helped me in my personal life.

I never really expected this, but becoming a manager changed me more outside of work than inside.

First, I became much more calm. When you manage a team, you can't react to everything immediately. If someone make a mistake, shouting or being stressed doesn't help anybody. So I learned to take a breath before I answer. Now I do the same at home, and it works really well.

I also learned to listen better. Before, I was often listening just to reply. Now I try to understand what the person really want to say, and the real problem behind it. My partner noticed the difference quickly.

Compromise was a big one too. In a team, not everybody can be happy with every decision, so you need to find something that works for most of the people. At home it's the same. I don't need to "win" every discussion anymore.

Another thing is pedagogy. Explaining things simply, with patience, without making the other person feel stupid. It's useful at work, but also with family and friends.

And finally time management. When you have a team, a lot of meetings and priorities, you can't procrastinate or you lose control very fast. So I got better at planning, deciding what is important, and just starting the task. I procrastinate much less now, even for boring stuff at home like paperwork or DIY.

Of course I'm not perfect and I still have bad days. But I really feel I'm a better partner today than before I was a manager.

Do you have the same experience ? Did the management skills help you outside of work too ?

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u/BobbyJaggles — 12 days ago
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Being manager helped me in my personal life.

I never really expected this, but becoming a manager changed me more outside of work than inside.

First, I became much more calm. When you manage a team, you can't react to everything immediately. If someone make a mistake, shouting or being stressed doesn't help anybody. So I learned to take a breath before I answer. Now I do the same at home, and it works really well.

I also learned to listen better. Before, I was often listening just to reply. Now I try to understand what the person really want to say, and the real problem behind it. My partner noticed the difference quickly.

Compromise was a big one too. In a team, not everybody can be happy with every decision, so you need to find something that works for most of the people. At home it's the same. I don't need to "win" every discussion anymore.

Another thing is pedagogy. Explaining things simply, with patience, without making the other person feel stupid. It's useful at work, but also with family and friends.

And finally time management. When you have a team, a lot of meetings and priorities, you can't procrastinate or you lose control very fast. So I got better at planning, deciding what is important, and just starting the task. I procrastinate much less now, even for boring stuff at home like paperwork or DIY.

Of course I'm not perfect and I still have bad days. But I really feel I'm a better partner today than before I was a manager.

Do you have the same experience ? Did the management skills help you outside of work too ?

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u/BobbyJaggles — 12 days ago

Celui qui a pensé le clavier AZERTY est un troll

Au demeurant le clavier AZERTY est pas si mal, les touches sont bien séparées les unes des autres, ça donne une certaine fluidité d'écriture, même les caractères spécifiques comme 'é','à' sont bien placés et donnent une écriture agréable avec une bonne vitesse de frappe.

Mais alors où est le problème, me direz vous ? Eh bien sur un caractère, un seul caractère, celui qui est littéralement le plus utilisé (hors alphabet). Oui oui vous l'avez deviné, ce put*n de point.

Dites moi, pourquoi il y a besoin de faire maj pour utiliser le point. Ça n'a aucun sens, et le plus fou c'est que le caractère sur la même touche est ce caractère dont tout le monde se fout, que personne ne sait utiliser correctement, le point virgule... Ça aurait si logique d'inverser les deux, mais non, monsieur AZERTY a pensé qu'il serait judicieux de devoir utiliser la touche maj à chaque point dans un texte. Évidemment y a que l'AZERTY qui est comme ça, cocorico.

Bravo monsieur, mon petit doigt te déteste !

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u/BobbyJaggles — 4 months ago