Tag: people skills

  • Help Me Fix My Mistakes

    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.”

  • Charming Leadership

    Charming Leadership

    This is nice to hear, because I don’t have much charm or personality, and I want more role models like this.

  • No Really

    No Really

    I met someone with this last name recently and wondered how often they get Dad-joked about their name.

  • Out Of The Darkness

    Out Of The Darkness

    This is just how I roll keeping my streak going of awkward interactions with other parents.

  • Feedback Opportunity

    Feedback Opportunity

    Such a positive outlook about giving feedback. I’ve tried to keep this in mind ever since I heard it.

  • Persuasion 100

    Persuasion 100

    My kids have definitely figured out what kinds of things will motivate me.

  • Stalk Photo

    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.

  • Especially Rejected

    Especially Rejected

    Always a risk that pushing your kids to be “polite” is going to backfire spectacularly.

  • OJ Influencer

    OJ Influencer

    Haters gonna hate. Mini-cinnamon rolls gonna get juiced.

  • Let Go Of Your Hate

    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…