I wasn?t there to compete
July 29th, 2010I wasn?t there to compete with her. I was simply there to work.
Some of my co-workers carried a sense of entitlement, and they frequently asked really lousy ?victim? questions like these: Why does this always happen to me? When is someone going to give me a break? When are they going to fix this problem? My co-workers never stopped to ask how they might be part of the problem…or part of the solution.
John Miller, author of The Question Behind the Question (QBQ), suggests that this victim mentality comes as a result of asking poor questions. If you have not read this short book, I highly recommend it. I?ll share a story to illustrate some of the powerful points the author makes about QBQ.
A few years ago I received a phone call from an administrative assistant (I?ll call her Carol) who had found my website while doing some online research about how to increase personal productivity.
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