This is so dead on! I often (unconsciously) hold the assumption everyone knows what I'm thinking, and they rarely ever do because, inexplicably, they can't read my mind. Lol. I've been on the other side of that too, where I'm like, wow I wish I knew what this person wanted so I could help in some way, but I have no idea. For me, clarity is a relief. Something I can work with! Both in the giving of clarity and the getting. This is a great reminder, thank you.
Ha! Yes! I think it's very easy to unconsciously be waiting for everyone to realize the "very obvious thing that we're all thinking..." when in fact it's just me thinking that and waiting for it! Good communication is hands down the number one factor in whether I walk away from a project thinking "that was a good person to work with," so I am TRYING to practice what I preach
This is so dead on! I often (unconsciously) hold the assumption everyone knows what I'm thinking, and they rarely ever do because, inexplicably, they can't read my mind. Lol. I've been on the other side of that too, where I'm like, wow I wish I knew what this person wanted so I could help in some way, but I have no idea. For me, clarity is a relief. Something I can work with! Both in the giving of clarity and the getting. This is a great reminder, thank you.
Also, if this essay had a soundtrack to it, it would be Theo Katzman's "Be the Wheel" — check it out, so good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEB0Y4kY5VE
Ha! Yes! I think it's very easy to unconsciously be waiting for everyone to realize the "very obvious thing that we're all thinking..." when in fact it's just me thinking that and waiting for it! Good communication is hands down the number one factor in whether I walk away from a project thinking "that was a good person to work with," so I am TRYING to practice what I preach
Oh yes oh yes oh yes, I've had so many fumbles and fails in the communication arena. Trying, as ever, to do better each time!
Delicious, nutritious grease.
Awesome read. A great crystallization of this nagging thing we all deal with.
This is absolutely something I needed to read right now, thank you for writing this, Colby!
So glad to give you the nudge to keep nudging!
As always, incredible advice, Colby! It's hard being cringe :D
To be cringe is to be freeeeee
My daily mantra