Overwhelmed? Then You Are Needed.

I'd been given a project at work and if you know me once I've started working on something I like to dig in 100% like a pit bull. Well instead of being allowed to just focus on the project, I get called into meeting after meeting after meeting. I was even put on on a team to head up another minor project. Well, while in one of those other side bar meetings, everyone seemed to have something to say about what needed to be done to move my main project along. Yet not one had the time to dedicate toward helping me successfully complete it. I sat in the meeting with my thoughts drifting from person to person remembering how I've stopped in the middle of a projects to assist others in achieving their goals or complete their projects with them. I'm usually a team player, but my thoughts were getting the best of me. As I thought about all the help given to others, I shook myself realizing I was getting self absorbed, caught up in pride and truly stirring my self righteousness up. Who am I that I should think more highly of myself than I ought to? Why should I get a pat on the back each time I did my job; no one else does. I was placed in this job to help others solve their problems and not the other way round. I am excellent at multi-tasking and project managment and thrive under pressure. Instead of complaining and grumbling I should be thankful that my skills are being noticed and optimized in areas needed. Think about it if they were not I wouldn't have a job. There is a need and I am there to meet that need. It feels so good to be needed even though at times it can feel a bit overwhelming. So when you feel overwhelmed and stressed, change your perspective toward others who ask for help. Look at it this way, you are wanted, needed and sought after by your colleagues and boss and your skill set is valued. Your opinion is valued. No one else can do your job better than you can. You were placed where you are to do what you do the way you do it. Fulfill that purpose because it's an honor.