Tag: people skills
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Help Me Fix My Mistakes
Maybe it would have worked out regardless. I know when I’m on the other end, like on servicing, I’m more likely to want to put in the extra effort to make a not-strictly-required ask work for a customer when they frame it as “yes, we know it’s our fault, but please help us anyway.”
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Charming Leadership
This is nice to hear, because I don’t have much charm or personality, and I want more role models like this.
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No Really
I met someone with this last name recently and wondered how often they get Dad-joked about their name.
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Out Of The Darkness
This is just how I roll keeping my streak going of awkward interactions with other parents.
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Feedback Opportunity
Such a positive outlook about giving feedback. I’ve tried to keep this in mind ever since I heard it.
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Persuasion 100
My kids have definitely figured out what kinds of things will motivate me.
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Stalk Photo
So imagine you’re at work while your spouse is keeping track of your children when an unknown number texts you a photo of one of your children without a clear location-identifying background or other people in it and no context.
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Especially Rejected
Always a risk that pushing your kids to be “polite” is going to backfire spectacularly.
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OJ Influencer
Haters gonna hate. Mini-cinnamon rolls gonna get juiced.
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Let Go Of Your Hate
This reminds me of how there was a time when my kids didn’t want to go down the hallway alone because they were worried a t-rex would be there. I’ve explained so many times that a t-rex wouldn’t fit inside the house, but logic only gets you so far when you’re talking about encountering creatures…