Positive Reflection — The AMAL Journey

The instance that changed my way of thinking or doing things differently is working on the Mega Project. It is one of the most amazing experiences that I have during the fellowship because it made me think differently about certain aspects and I have learned a lot of new things about working in collaborations.

One thing that I would like to mention, that changed my way of thinking about that aspect, is to work in teams. Before that, I didn’t exactly like to work in teams and I always tried to implement my ideas and felt annoyed whenever someone questions my point of view. But after working with great and humble team members, I got to know exactly how to work in teams. We must listen to other people and have the courage to accept their point of view as well. This has greatly impacted my way of thinking about working in teams.

Here, I want to give credit for this change and realization about myself to my team members of the mega-project who worked with me very humbly and always supported me by listening to my points of view. This made me reflect back and think about how to work with my team members and I have come to the conclusion that I should give them the same attention and respect by listening to them humbly because it would give them a great feeling of being a respectable team member.

Lastly, I would say that if I don’t get this opportunity to work with my team members, I wouldn’t have realized the real meaning of working in a team, and maybe, I was working the same way, trying to prove myself right all the time.