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Nannystate : Feds Know Better Than Farm Families
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01/05/2012 09:07:45
 
 
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>>>>I became famous for my 35 minute meetings with my customers at the State. They knew when they walked in what decisions I needed to have made and if they didn't make one, I would - and I would tell them what my decision was going to be at the get-go.
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>>>That sounds like a really good way to help people make decisions. By saying "If you don't care, I'll do x," they're forced to think about what problems x might cause.
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>>>Tamar
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>>Thanks, Tamar. I actually came by that because I grew up with an older brother who refused to make a decision and then was not happy with the decision that was made. Thankfully, his wife finished breaking him of that behavior.
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>The very definition of passive-aggressive, n'est-ce pas?

Pretty much. I call it "making a decision by not making a decision"
"You don't manage people. You manage things - people you lead" Adm. Grace Hopper
Pflugerville, between a Rock and a Weird Place
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