April 27th, 2009
Please stop saying “Let’s go ahead and…”
If you haven’t seen the movie Office Space, shame on you. It’s a hilarious movie making fun of the cubicle office experience. One of the bosses is a great spoof on corporate speak, and often says, “Why don’t you go ahead and…” and “Let’s have you go ahead and…” in this beautifully passive-aggressive way. “Corey, please do this” is telling me to do something. “Why don’t you go ahead and do this” implies that I came up with the idea and yre giving me permission. In Office Space, it’s great.
In product demos, it’s not. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: being direct, passive aggressive, voice, web demos
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April 15th, 2009
Lessons I’ve Learned: Think before you act
Lessons I’ve Learned: Everyday, all the little things you do, try to give a little thought to them before you do them. Ask what you will get out of it, and walk through the steps you are about to do. Nothing formal and it doesn’t have to be long. But being conscious about actions has helped me do a lot better work and make fewer mistakes.
I took me a really long time to develop this as a habit, but I’ve seen a huge benefit.
This goes for speaking, too, thought that’s a lot harder to develop as a habit.
Tags: GTD, think before acting
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