In my quest of learning and sharing what I have learnt over the years, I have decided to start writing this newsletter, blog, whatever you name it. I am always a Konnected person: socially, professionally and technically, so this is my effort to Konnect with you all through my writing.
I have been meaning to start writing this for a long time, but the Covid-19 pandemic has given me the much-needed ingredient: time! This pandemic has given us a chance to prove that the complaint we all had, “I am too busy, I don’t have time”, was in fact true. Now that we are not so busy and have time, we can do that “one thing” we always wanted to do.
Lots of people are working from home, and even those still going to work generally have a lighter load, giving more time to think, plan, organize and, more importantly, learn and improve. This is your chance to prove that you can be as effective working from home as at the office. If you are working from home, don’t spend this time like your cottage vacation and roam around in your shorts all day. Instead, get up in the morning, exercise, get ready as if you are going to the office and then start working normally. The extra time on hand due to reduced workload can be spent productively to learn and improve your skills, or to develop or pursue your hobby (and no, drinking beer doesn’t count as a hobby).
If we don’t learn anything and come out of this pandemic with something better (skills, health, knowledge, relationships), then it proves that we lack the most required personal attribute: self-discipline.
Anyway, this was the first of this blog, so I wrote whatever came to my mind. From now on, I will be writing about what I have learned technically in the field of instrumentation, safety systems, communication and networking, valves, and even non-technical topics such as leadership, presentation and social skills.
Konnect with me and let me know your feedback. Cheers, and stay well everyone!!
Kalpen Vachharajani