Please take a Recess from that type of thinking (and talk)!

• Yesterday I called to make an appointment for my mother to see a new doctor. The first question was what was her insurance. The next comment was we don’t accept that.
•  I get calls regularly from organizations wanting to hire me to fire up their team/group/association; to get them thinking about creating a fun thriving working or meeting environment. The number of calls that start out with “I know you probably cost a lot but we have no budget or a very small budget.”
• I was just forwarded a copy of an email from an incoming Governor to State Employees. Today was this Governor’s Inauguration. The first communication out of the Governor’s Office is I’m looking forward to working with you; although there will be sacrifices.

And this to me is what is wrong with our world. Too many conversations start out with why things won’t work or what we don’t have. We need to take a Recess from this type of talk – once and for all.

So let me put it another way……

Dear Doctor,

I called to get my mother’s pain issue addressed. How about we talk about that first? Cuz the pain my mother has is worth paying you in cash for an overpriced $400 fifteen minute office visit. I didn’t call to talk insurance. I called seeking medical attention. Let’s have that conversation first. 

Dear Meeting Planner, HR Professional, Business Owner, or Company VP,

What a consultant charges is nothing in comparison to the results you might receive if you actually followed through on their ideas. Let’s have that conversation first and then work in partnership to come up with a fair and equitable arrangement for all. And who knows, you might get me on a day when I’m feeling charitable?

Dear Governor,

Couldn’t the first email from you have been 100% positive, encouraging and engaging? Everyone knows the entire country is sacrificing right now!

I know, not radical comments or ideas; but ideas that need to be pounded into people’s heads regularly. Got any heads that need pounding?

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