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To piggyback on this without making a new thread topic, how is this for a challenge essay?

1. It basically boils down to:
I ran into a problem at work, and I asked someone outside of my immediate lab for help.

I was having issues with a technique I was doing (I work in research). Ever since working there, I networked a lot and got to know people in other labs. Because of these connections I made, I was able to get help from a senior scientist in another lab. She invited me to come watch people in her lab do the procedure. This allowed me to identify the problem and fix it. I also checked in with my immediate supervisor about this, and he gave me the okay to go to this other lab and watch. I didn't get help from him initially, because he wasn't someone who normally did the procedure. I also didn't ask my higher up PI, because I realized that it would be more efficient in terms of time to go to someone else. He worked in a separate building, so he would have to schedule aside a whole day to come over and try to figure out the problem with me. I recognized that asking someone else in the immediate vicinity would be better.

My reflection is seeing the benefit of making connections with others in the workplace.

Not sure if this is a poor example. I am having trouble figuring out how I can expand more on the reflection.
 
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