Mohd's Workplace Insights

Being moderately ambitious, you may set somewhat high goals and expectations for yourself. This may help motivate you to strive towards attaining what you set out to do while also meaning you are unlikely to be too disappointed if you do not achieve some goals. However, it is important to stretch yourself, and you may find that you gain greater effectiveness or productivity by creating even more ambitious goals. You might find it useful to start by making some goals that are a little higher than usual in areas that are especially important to you.

Your innovative nature suggests that you are likely to actively seek out chances to develop new, original ideas. This should help you come up with ideas that no one else has thought of. While innovation can be exciting and useful, generating new ideas can also be time-consuming or less efficient if those tasks don't require creativity to complete. Before spending time thinking up new, creative ideas, consider whether the approach is necessary for the task at hand or better spent on other tasks.

You may vary the degree of caution you approach work tasks with, perhaps depending on the importance or complexity of the situation. To help you be most efficient, ensure that you are thinking about what the situation requires. Doing so should help you determine whether a thorough consideration of all the available information is needed or whether a less time-intensive approach is sufficient.

You are likely to be comfortable identifying an idea's potential flaws, which should mean that there is less risk of you accepting an untenable or unrealistic plan. However, your strong critical nature may result in you placing too much weight on the flaws of an idea and overlook the potential strengths. As such, you may risk rejecting a potentially good idea. It may be helpful to ensure you deliberately consider the potential strengths before providing feedback that may be overly focused on the possible limitations.

You are likely to be someone who follows through on their commitments and is seen as reliable. However, you are likely to be uncomfortable in situations when it may be more appropriate to leave some things you have committed to, to work on other tasks that might be more important. To help you feel most comfortable, consider prioritizing tasks based on their level of importance. That way, any unfinished tasks are less likely to impact your reliable reputation.

You are comfortable questioning or potentially departing from instructions when it could be helpful to do better work. This tendency may see you consider whether the ways you have been told to do things are most efficient or convenient. However, there are times in which instructions or procedures cannot be deviated from without consequences. Try thinking about whether you are achieving the right balance by identifying which instructions should be followed precisely and those that are more appropriate to question.

You are likely to have no reservations about being in the spotlight. This may help you be recognized by others and stand out from a group of people. However, in seeking to be the center of attention, you may divert attention away from others who could benefit from that attention. Try to be mindful that you are not outshining others without meaning to by giving them time in the spotlight.

You are likely to be most comfortable talking to people with whom you have established relationships, which could help you prioritize these relationships. However, many work situations require you to have conversations with people you may not have met before, at least from time to time. It may be beneficial to identify situations that allow you to build your comfort talking to people you do not know. In those situations, do not place too much pressure on yourself to develop rapport quickly.