“....play the long game of winning “hearts and minds” (to borrow the phrase of a good friend in this battle), and I believed it best to be gracious in this rejection in order to avoid making enemies.”
Like Steve McQueen coming to terms with his brutal incarceration on Devils Island in the movie Papillon, I am guilty of not doing the above. Perhaps, it my half Italian genes at work (We are laughingly known being good at two things: Food and Revenge).
When in doubt and all else fails, start a fight, when you don’t get what you want. Makes you feel good to get those barbed comments in for a whole 5 minutes. Then you retreat and say, what have I done? What have I accomplished? Then it’s too late.
Thanks for reminding me. Patience is truly fleeting for me. Always has been.
I think most of us take that path, including me. I have applied some of those lessons more consistently professionally, but it was a game changer when I had to be an advocate for my son's learning differences. The first year or so, I made lots of mistakes, then I went to a Peter Wright (huge education rights advocate and attorney) seminar, and it was truly a game changer, for my child and my career. Though I still struggle in applying in my personal life that matters.
“....play the long game of winning “hearts and minds” (to borrow the phrase of a good friend in this battle), and I believed it best to be gracious in this rejection in order to avoid making enemies.”
Like Steve McQueen coming to terms with his brutal incarceration on Devils Island in the movie Papillon, I am guilty of not doing the above. Perhaps, it my half Italian genes at work (We are laughingly known being good at two things: Food and Revenge).
When in doubt and all else fails, start a fight, when you don’t get what you want. Makes you feel good to get those barbed comments in for a whole 5 minutes. Then you retreat and say, what have I done? What have I accomplished? Then it’s too late.
Thanks for reminding me. Patience is truly fleeting for me. Always has been.
I think most of us take that path, including me. I have applied some of those lessons more consistently professionally, but it was a game changer when I had to be an advocate for my son's learning differences. The first year or so, I made lots of mistakes, then I went to a Peter Wright (huge education rights advocate and attorney) seminar, and it was truly a game changer, for my child and my career. Though I still struggle in applying in my personal life that matters.