Last month, I helped my brother at his pastry shop. That experience showed me a new work style for empathic and logical people. Let’s introduce it.
How to show our talents
Sometimes, we want to show our uniqueness and contribute to others.
Our typical unique talents are empathy and logical sense. Empathy allows us to consider others’ emotions. On the other hand, logical sense enables us to improve processes rationally. Showing those qualities fulfills us.
However, we sometimes don’t know those examples. That limits our potential.
Fortunately, I recently discovered a new work style for empathic and logical people: being a well-cooperative partner. This style may show you a new enjoyment and opportunity.
Being a well-cooperative partner
Being a well-cooperative partner is one option to contribute to others for empathic and logical people.
In this work style, we serve as personnel who provide effective support to specialized individuals. Since it requires emotional sensitivity and rationality, most people cannot do it. It is not a support staff member who only does as they are told. We manage the process efficiency flexibly.
To make it easier to understand, let’s introduce my experience.
I helped my brother’s pastry shop last month, as mentioned at the top of this article. Since I was a beginner in baking, I could only do simple tasks or support professional pastry chefs.
There were many supportive tasks. The prime examples are preparation and cleanup. I noticed that every baking process requires the following three processes: preparation, special processing that requires skills, and cleanup. Preparation and cleanup were relatively simple tasks that even I could do. In other words, pastry chefs wanted to focus on the special processing as much as possible.
The excitement of being in a harmonious state
I began handling preparations and cleanup tasks that took the same amount of time as the pastry chef’s task. That brought us the excitement of being in a harmonious, most efficient state.
For example, cutting a sponge cake consisted of three processes. First, the preparation involved taking out the sponge cake from the tray, peeling the baking sheet, and placing it on a cutting board. Next, the special process was cutting it carefully. It required skill. Finally, the cleanup process involved putting away the cut sponge cake in another tray.
I made adjustments and redistributed the workload with the pastry chef. I handled the preparation part, and the pastry chef cut it and put it away. Those tasks could be completed almost simultaneously and alternately, as gears meshed with each other perfectly.
Being able to work in the same amount of time increased efficiency dramatically. Since it didn’t create any wasted time for the chef and me, we proceeded at the highest pace.
It was a harmonious time. I realized that being in harmony with someone makes us feel comfortable and excited. It felt like playing music together in harmony or machinery gears meshing perfectly. I felt a pleasant connection with the chef. The chef said, ‘I never felt that the cutting process could be that fun.’ Being in a harmonious state is enjoyable.
I experienced the same excitement with another staff member as well. I prepared a cut cake from a tray, the wrapping staff member wrapped it, and I put it away into another tray. When the two of us worked simultaneously with no wasted time, we experienced the excitement of harmony.
The unique working style that focuses on harmony
Only empathic and logical people can create that harmony. Logical ability enables us to understand the whole process and adjust the workload. Emotional carefulness allows us to identify which process the partner wants to focus on. It requires flexibility, so those with empathy and logical ability can make it happen.
In other words, we manage the process efficiency. Instead of doing only what we are told, we control the pace and comfort.
The partner can experience that fulfillment only by collaborating with us. Ordinary people cannot achieve it.
That makes others want to work with us. That pastry chef also seemed enjoyable when working with me. Although I was a mere beginner without special skills, I could help and entertain someone with expertise.
That makes us valuable, and we can also enjoy the process.
Conclusion
That is a new work style for empathic and logical people: being a well-cooperative partner.
In this work style, we serve as personnel who provide effective support to specialized individuals.
This style may show you a new opportunity.
Thank you for reading this article. I hope to see you in the next one.
