Have That Dreaded Conversation Before Christmas

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This morning I was washing up after breakfast, when my wife asked me not to put the wet cutting board right behind the sink, because when I do, the water drips down and it gets in between the counter and the sink. “It would be better if you just put it over to the side,” she requested.
And I said, “OK.”
That's pretty cool, right. As soon as she saw what I was doing, she immediately spoke up in a way that addressed the issue without making me wrong or stupid or ashamed.
It was a very easy conversation for her to initiate, the second she saw that I was doing something that might mess up the kitchen in the long run.
Now, let's contrast that conversation with a conversation that you may have been avoiding for days, weeks, months - years even - because. of how you think it will make you feel to have that conversation, or how it will make the other person feel to have that conversation, or how it will negatively impact your relationship with that person.
Are there things you’re just living with, tolerating with gritted teeth, with your employees, or colleagues, or boss, or neighbors, or friends, or family members that you just don’t want to bring up?
I’d be willing to be that you are procrastinating that conversation because it’s going to come across as a criticism.
And that’s a good reason for not wanting to have that conversation.
But there is another way to approach conversations in which you want to change someone else's behavior, attitude, or performance.
And it's a way that doesn't make you hesitate and procrastinate because it's not critical. It's not negative. It's not blaming or shaming and it doesn't come from an unpleasant or frustrated place.
On December 10th, I'm going to be sharing that approach in an online masterclass called “Have That Dreaded Conversation Before Christmas. Here’s the registration link: askhowie.com/f...
I'd love to see you there.