Work Matters: Actually, I'm an expert at knowing what I don't know

I have been with the same group of companies for over 10 years.
I have gone through 9 personnel transfers.

These weren't just moves to the department next door as a sales representative at Company A; they were transfers between affiliated companies that spanned different industries and job types.

So, what happens when you do that? You are constantly in a state of not knowing the job (lol).

It's not just the work; I don't know the people I'm working with, and I don't even know where things are kept.

It's a parade of not knowing this and not knowing that 😅

I work while carrying a fair amount of stress.

My stomach hurts.

I do my own research, but since I have no choice but to consult those around me about what I don't know, that's what I do.

In a new department, I am essentially a newcomer, but since I'm not a true new graduate hire, if I don't raise an alert myself, people assume I know things and move forward accordingly.

At this point, my nerves have become thick enough that I can say out loud that I "don't know" when I don't know something.

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I've managed to get by for 10 years, even though I didn't really understand things.

In other words, I am "top-notch at understanding the feeling of not knowing how to do a job".

People who have been doing the same job for a long time assume that because they understand, the other person understands too, so they talk based on that, but since I don't understand anything, I can't grasp it at all.

I don't understand what they are talking about.

I seriously don't understand technical jargon.

I wish they would stop using abbreviations.

Using katakana makes it even harder to understand.

I always think, 'Could you please speak Japanese?'

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But conversely, I am good at talking to people who don't understand anything.

After all, since I don't understand it myself, my standard for explaining is low.

If someone starts from one, I start from zero.

No, maybe even from negative.

I change that depending on the person I'm talking to.

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Speaking so that anyone can understand.

That is a very important thing.

Even among people who have been doing the same job for a long time, I think there are some who pretend to understand because they can't ask now.

Actually, I see it from time to time.

Because I say "I don't understand" during meetings, there are times when I am thanked for getting a detailed explanation (lol)

I'm being useful to others~

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I think that for those who understand, they can't understand the feelings of those who don't.I think.

But surely, everyone must have not understood at first,

why do they lose the ability to understand those feelings?

Is it because they forget?

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But someday,

I want to be able to understand how capable people feel, too.

When that day will come,

nobody knows.

~In closing~

I wonder how many times I said 'I don't know' in this article?
If anyone counted, I'd like to give you a round of applause (lol)

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