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Monday March 28, 2011
Work and life is like a jigsaw
puzzleMonday Starters - By Soo Ewe Jin
AS I settle into my respite from my usual
work routine, I am tackling a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle sent to me by a dear friend,
Mark Tarnacki, from Vermont.
The puzzle is a winter scene so the bleak landscape makes it even more
challenging. Like most puzzle enthusiasts, I start by sorting out the pieces.
It is foolhardy to begin working on a puzzle without going through this
process first, no matter how tedious it is.
By habit, I hunt down the border pieces first, so that I can start work on
the frame once I locate them all.
From this point on, I notice that there are many different approaches
toward completing a puzzle.
Some people are systematic, connecting the pieces in an orderly manner,
from left to right or top to bottom. Others are random, joining whatever
pieces they can so there are countless little islands of interlocking pieces.
Neither option is more effective than the other. Eventually, the puzzle is
completed.
A jigsaw puzzle is much like work. When there is a job to be done, it
sometimes has to go through a number of processes and through
the hands of various people.
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Catch them when they are still young: Young children, under thesupervision of adult, trying to piece things together in a Jigsaw Puzzle
Competition. - Filepic
I like to finish off anything that is assigned to me immediately. But the
reality is that delays at various points often lead to a scenario much like
an uncompleted jigsaw puzzle, where the final connecting pieces are not
in place.
Some people advise colleagues not to work too efficiently, or they may
end up with more work. They also point out that the way to get noticed is
to work especially hard when the bosses are watching.
These may be good survival tips, but I reckon there is no satisfaction to
be derived from shortchanging our colleagues, and employer, by choosing
to delay working on the task at hand.
Another thing about jigsaw puzzles is that they remind me that we
are not meant to take on all of life's problems alone.
Even if we pick up the right piece, there appears to be four ways to put it
in, and often the fourth way is the only right way. The person next to us
may be able to share a perspective that we had chosen to ignorebecause of our impatience.
When you first begin, it can be quite daunting to see all the pieces that
don't seem to fit. But when you have people to help, it becomes a joy
which is why I am happy to let visitors join in the fun.
Sometimes what is not obvious to me may be clear to someone else. I
remember how my elderly mother used to walk by and casually pick up a
piece and place it in the correct spot, much to my bewilderment.
In the current journey that I am going through, I have been overwhelmed
by many friends and neighbours who have provided support and practical
help in many ways. They are, in a way, helping me put together the current
jigsaw puzzle of my life.
When it's completed, it will be a beauty.
● Deputy executive editor Soo Ewe Jin believes each person he meets
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