Lets Be Nice To Each Other
This day should not be a day of sadness, of mourning, but a day to remember and cherish memories of our loved ones. And to serve as a reminder to the living how much we need to cherish life, how much we need to be grateful for the life we get to live every day.
Even when there are obstacles in life that we go through, and we all go through them, we must continue to persevere, and remember that each day really is a gift. We all have reasons to live and to love life. When we find the reasons and live them, we should turn to others and see what can we do make ourselves happier, but also help make others happier.
Lets be nice to each other, let's bring a smile to someone's face. A small hello, an open door, a compliment, anything, so that we can all make the time we have here a better one. Cherish yourself, your family, and your life. Learn every day, make your self smile every day, do something every day, make each day count, for you might not have tomorrow to get another chance to.
Who are your other customers, and how will you prioritize their requests against ours, Why is it in our interest to make ourselves dependent on you and your team, ” Their jaws dropped. They were entirely unprepared. It was clear they had not considered these questions before. Worse, they did not expect to have to answer them for potential clients. I politely explained that they were not ready for this meeting.
I apologized if my expectations were not made clear when the meeting was arranged (I thought they were). I told them that without those answers, this meeting was a waste of everyone’s time, including theirs. I suggested we postpone the rest of the meeting until they had answers for these simple questions. They sheepishly agreed, and the meeting ended.
In each turn of the game, a player states which cards he’s playing as he places them face down into a pile. He is not obligated to tell the truth. ” and force the first player to show his cards. If the accuser is right, the first player takes all of the cards in the pile (a major setback). However, if the accuser is wrong, she takes the pile. If people expect you will ask them tough questions, and not hesitate to push them hard until you get answers, they will prepare for them before they meet with you.
They will not waste your or your team’s time. Remember that all kinds of deception, including self-deception, work against projects. The sooner the truth comes to light, the sooner you can do something about it. Because most people avoid conflict and prefer to pretend things are OK (even when there is evidence they are not), someone has to push to get the truth out.
The more you can keep the truth out in the open, the more your team can stay low to the ground, moving at high speed. The challenge with questioning others is that it can run against the culture of an individual or organization. Some cultures see questioning as an insult or a lack of trust. They may see attempts to keep things honest as personal attacks, instead of as genuine inquiries into the truth. You may need to approach these situations more formally than I did in the story.
Make a list of questions you expect people to answer, and provide it to them before meetings. Or, create a list of questions that anyone in the organization is free to ask anyone at any time (including VPs and PMs), and post it on the wall in a conference room. In project management terminology, the critical path is the shortest sequence of work that can complete the project.
