Communication, or the lack thereof

Posted on Aug 17, 2010 in blog, communication, sharing

'Communication Problem' by JoshFlassbind.comSo an interesting thing happened yesterday. I failed at something I know how to do.

It’s easy to let happen, get too many things demanding too much attention and you take your eye off the ball. Something we help our clients work through and watch out for, and here I did the classic lack of communication mistake.

It should be okay, I mean, that happens to everyone.

And it does. However, the real issue here is that I let myself get distracted from what I’ve been thinking about for some time, and that’s really the ‘shame on me’ part.

When you’re passionate about something and really want to make something more of it, you need to communicate, and do so often so there’s no confusion to the intention and direction you’re going. That is the classic, ultimate rule and one should stick to that as closely as is possible.

So, instead of working on those things that would move the ball down the field, I spent yesterday answering questions and putting out fires that needn’t have been. A blog post, an email blast and some tweets pointing folks to that information would have put much of the discussion to rest before it started.

Live and learn I suppose. Take my lesson (really, please take it – I’ll sell cheap) and learn from it instead of making the same mistake yourself. Call if you have questions, I’m still always learning and love to share those things I learn.

Photo credit: JoshFassbind.com

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8 Comments

  1. Teresa Boardman August 17, 2010

    :) It will happen to you again because you are human. Not perfect but we like you just fine anyway.

  2. Rick Mahn August 17, 2010

    Thanks Teresa, I do appreciate that. I’m rather frustrated with myself for not sending out an update about upcoming changes prior to setting up the RSVP page. Sometimes a person has to re-learn a lesson, at least I do from time to time! :-)

  3. Rick Mahn August 17, 2010

    Thanks Teresa, I do appreciate that. I’m rather frustrated with myself for not sending out an update about upcoming changes prior to setting up the RSVP page. Sometimes a person has to re-learn a lesson, at least I do from time to time! :-)

  4. Sunflowerxxmm August 18, 2010

    Thanks! You are so kind!

  5. Sunflowerxxmm August 18, 2010

    Thanks! You are so kind!

  6. Jon Case August 23, 2010

    You know that is what makes us all so interesting to be around! If we were all robots and software then everything would work so smoothly and be so boring…

    …yeah, right!

    lol!

  7. Jon Case August 23, 2010

    You know that is what makes us all so interesting to be around! If we were all robots and software then everything would work so smoothly and be so boring…

    …yeah, right!

    lol!

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