Stay Within Limits
Everything we do has some limits to stay within. Even if we are laughing out of joy, we should be at our limits. Don't we say, "Don't laugh too much, you may cry later." Even though we say this out of saying, but sometimes it really happens, right? Coincidence, haha.
Actually, the thing is, there is always a limit to everything. We shouldn't be crossing those limits. The most important thing is to know the limits which differes for person to person for different things. Maybe we are very close with a few people, we joke and tease around. But up to a certain level, right? Crossing them might offend and lead to unexpected consequences.
So lemme start from today,
I have two interns under me. Assigning basic tasks on a regular basis. After seeing diverse work opportunities to explore different stuffs one of them started exploring this, this, and that. Like he's gonna explore everything. Instead ne, now he has three people assigning him tasks; he stepped into this willingly, lol. Now, we do operate independently for our specific projects, each of us has our own deadlines and stuff to complete, and now he is kinda stressed to manage them simultaneously. Oh, a few days back, he was ready to chew another, was showing interest, and was asking to take him in, too. I was so shocked and just said, "Hey, first complete what's already on your plate, you barely can chew them at once, and going for another." After that, upon constant monitoring, I saw him struggling with everything, then I understood and thought of pulling him out.
Today, I pulled out the connections, cut down all of them, and took him back under my supervision, only to manage him in my way. Once he is ready to do those tasks, I will deploy him one by one, not all at once.
Even if I talk about myself, there were tons of times I was at my peak of excitement or so, and then I stumbled straight into the ground.
People should always know how far they are approved to go, how far they are meant to fly, and how far they can actually go. Because without setting the limits, we often end up messing things up badly.
The same happened to me a few months back. With a close group of mine, I was going beyond the limit, taking help on and on, which was kind of a burden for the person in front of me, but I was ignoring that, as he was willingly getting comfortable with taking that. After a certain level of urden, I realized it had gone out of my hands, pretty badly, but it was too late to fix anymore. The fault is mine; I should have known the limits, pushed way more than my boundaries, and the unexpected happened.
So yeah, no matter who we are, what the scenario is, everything has a limit of its own for us. We should stretch just because it has some flexibility; stretching it longer would end up damaging the whole thing. So be cautious, stay within limits.