Tuesday; June 4
Have you ever had someone expect from something some you – but they never told you what they expected? When this happens (and they get upset with us), we usually have a snippy retort, “Well, I’m not a mind reader!”. While this is true, it is also a good reminder to us. You see, they aren’t mind readers either. It is easy for us to know what we want people to do – and just as easy for us not to tell them. Whether it is that we expect them to know what we want from them or we fail to explicitly tell them what we hope from them, it is easy for there to be a failure to communicate between us. The problem with this type of situation if two-fold: First, what we want to get done doesn’t get done; then, second, there are apt to be some hard feelings. The best way to avoid this problem is through simple and direct communication. By telling people what we expect from them and, if necessary, reinforce it or restating it again in the future, we can avoid a failure to implement and a failur