Them punches, eh!
In any good team, there’s a variation of comfort with risk.
It’s a spectrum: at one end … those who love to play it fast as loosy-goosy,…
Every now and again, you take a hit. Them punches, eh! Tough to take but you get over it. If you’re smart you take the lesson that was along for the ride – about you or your team or your work or your product, whatever – and grow just a little bit. Most times for the better.
No one chooses to get battered, but one to the gut every now and again … that’s one of the ways we learn who we are and how we work. Not a choice, but in hindsight, good. OK, not always, but most times.
Switch it.
Sometimes, you’re the puncher.
You don’t want to do it, you don’t like to do it … you gotta do it … but you hold back from doing it.
Two things: you’re not doing your job, and you aren’t respecting the punchee’s ability to roll with it.
Skippy strategy: Treat them like grown-ups.
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