Collaboration is Contagious: The rewards of mutual learning and understanding our interdependency
- Apr 6, 2020
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“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.”
—Edith Wharton
Given the recent pandemic and the challenges that we will all be facing for a long time to come, there is a new needed paradigm to communicate and take care of each other. I am quite sure you have heard people say to you, “let’s be partners.” How successful have these partnerships been in your life? An alternative to being “partners” is to be “collaborators.” Collaboration is a shift in perspective; it allows for a process in which any two individuals in the universe can find their relationship by “tuning in to” and “being with” rather than “doing things to each other.”
As a PhD student in current days balancing a part-time job, I still face last-minute assignments and pressure, so I can truly relate to how overwhelming academic responsibilities can become without proper support. I’ve been through similar struggles in my college days where I suffered a lot from these hustles, which made me more conscious about my studies and others. Now while assisting students in their academic work, I have a deep interest in helping others, and I understand why students sometimes think about hire to do my computer science Assignment when they feel overloaded and need guidance to manage workload and maintain balance. Nice post