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Love your thoughts!

Guest — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:46:54 -0700

Very nice article. I agree with you 100%. I hope to have a more positive posture after reading this! Thanks...

I remember the time...

Dave Weaver — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 03:55:28 -0700

I remember when I used to enjoy having coworkers give me bugs or feature requests. I would use the time to get feedback on my work and I would actually use the words "thank you" in response. Sadly things are a lot busier now and my typical response is a one word "Ok". I think it's very important to stay open, especially if you're leading. Thanks for the reminder.

Being Open

Daniel Read — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:28:27 -0700

Chris Morris's recent post about self-management techniques has provided good food for thought. In particular, one idea from Chris's list--saying "Thank you" in response to someone's discovery of a defect in your code--reminded me of a lesson that took me many years to learn for myself: being open. What I mean is, being open to a direction or idea that is suggested or inspired by someone else. It's easy to remain "closed," a state in which the default posture is defensiveness, or insecurity, or fear, or control, a state in which the default answer is "No."