Message #45382

[countrigal]

Having been in this position recently, I know only too well what I do.  I get upset (hey, I'm human and being occused wrongly never sits well) but then try to see what I can learn from it.  If I make mistakes, I'm always first to admit it (if I know it and see it).  If I don't think I made a mistake, I'll stick to my guns until proven otherwise, and then apologise and learn from that.  (hey, sometimes you just know you did what you were told to, in the way you were told, but might have missed a simple step and not realised it.  Again, human frailty.  I try to keep it to a minimum but it does happen.)  Having just sat through a very negative meeting with my supervisor, I dealt with many of the scenarios that Andrea mentioned... and ended up doing very well overall.  I took notes of areas that I need to improve (whether I realised it before I met with her or not), queried her for more information on an issue that I was told I had lied about - and learned lessons from that, and admitted the mistakes that I did make that were pointed out to me.  Hopefully I've gotten something very positive from this experience and can improve myself and get to where I don't have those type of discussions with her again -- or at least not for a while.

CountriGal
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