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Have been doing all my life and it has never backfired. It’s not about breaking rules. It’s that I already know what you want. If I buy you ice cream without
by tabony 2y ago
Have been doing all my life and it has never backfired.
It’s not about breaking rules. It’s that I already know what you want.
If I buy you ice cream without asking you for the flavor, it’s because I already know what you want because I pay attention to you.
And it doesn’t matter when I get it wrong because you appreciated the 500 other times I cared about you.
- pmg101 2y agoAnd decision fatigue is a real thing. Even if the ice cream flavour/engineering decision is maybe not perfectly optimal, there's some value in not having to make the decision myself
- contrast 2y agoFor sure - actions before words and all that. I think the context is different if you’ve shown you care twice a day for a year before screwing up. Most people interpret messages in light of their experience of you. If you don’t have that track record, the words probably have a different flavor.
- kortilla 2y agoAgain, you’re just doing it for things that aren’t real rules. Try: - Intentionally violating a safety protocol in a hardware lab - taking company property for yourself - stealing from a vendor - sexually harassing your direct reports What this thread seems to be talking about is violating soft process norms.