It was a beautiful bluebird day up on the mountain Friday where I met with a group of coworkers for a ski day. I'm newer to the unit and really wanted to build relationships with some of these people and put myself in situations outside of the stress and chaos of a work day. Sitting there and chatting I found myself asking questions you might ask anyone when you first meet...
What do you do for fun?
Where are you from?
How long have you been a nurse?....
While I have worked side by side with these people for months, collaborated on patient care, helped resuscitate and heal, there were basic things I did not know.
What makes these people get out of bed in the morning and do what they do? Where did they come from? What is their story?
One told me his story about how he is working on a documentary that he started after biking across the country between jobs. He hopes to learn and build his own sustainable home and retire to the mountains one day. He has been skiing since he was a kid and grew up in the mountains of Colorado...
Look around at the people you work with and spend 80% of your weekly time. Do you really know them at all? What if we took two minutes every day to get to know something new and unique about those people. Like them or not, a look into their life helps you understand who they are, why they do what they do, and how they can be encouraged and lifted up on a day to day basis. It helps you connect on a deeper level.
Wouldn't you have more fun at work if you worked with your friends? You can't be friends until you know something about them below the surface.
Try it.
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