Nails on a Chalkboard
June 4, 2007 | by brett | Permalink
I was talking with a friend this weekend when I came across a nails on a chalkboard moment.
I asked my friend how work was going. She said it was going alright. (Enter nails on a chalkboard).
When I hear that work is going just alright, then I assume life is going just alright.
Now maybe I should have paid better attention in my deductive reasoning class, but if over half of our waking hours are spent either at work, on our way to work, or getting ready for work, and our job is just alright, doesn’t this carry over to life as well?
Now that I’ve told you my nail on a chalkboard moment, what’s yours?
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BJ Gibbons Says:
June 4th, 2007
That’s perfect. Mine is this:
When you ask someone how they are and they
say “Busy.” I HATE that. Everyone is ‘busy’, who isn’t ‘busy’?
It is so refreshing when somone says “I am GREAT, life is GRANDE!” instead of ‘I’m busy’. Try it, most people have this mundane response.
Attitude adjustment required, glass half full and all of that.
Steve F Says:
June 4th, 2007
I’m not sure how to reply or share my nails on the chalkboard experience… but here it is…
As a sales coach, when I meet with a client I have a very detailed set of interview questions to make sure that the client is really up for change. Like a top athlete, change and improvement requires hard work.
One of the questions I have for a sales person is to discover their financial production goals for the year. When their goal is to make $XXX,XXX and their historic growth rate is only $XX,XXX per year, I ask them what they are going to do differently to achieve different results. 99.99% of the time they just look at me with a blank look on their face.
The definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over and expecting different results… nails on the chalkboard.
Steve Farmiloe
Alpha Sales Coaching
Danielle Says:
June 5th, 2007
People who are willing to settle.
Brett Says:
June 5th, 2007
I love the comments! Another one is when your roomate turns down the thermostat to 69 degrees when you are on a budget, or when Dodger fans wear Dodger hats to Giants games, even though the Dodgers aren’t playing.
Tara Says:
June 7th, 2007
I am a research scientist. My nails on a chalkboard experience is when colleagues only ask about what someone is working on. No “how are you?” or “how is your family?” I have actually heard female colleagues apologize for being mothers! Now that is nails on a chalkboard.
Jay W. Says:
June 13th, 2007
I don’t like it when parents don’t talk to each other but both talk to their children about something, and assume that the other one backs them up. For example, a good friend of mine Jiust graduated from college in a month ago and is living at home while looking for a Job. His dad keeps telling him, We want you to stay as long as you need to until that perfect Job comes up.” His mom on the other hand keeps making comments under her breath like “You don’t really want to live here do you?” and making sugeestions that both of the parents want him to Just pick up any Job to pay rent someplace else! The moral? Parents: talk to each other!!! Otherwise, when he does moe out, your lack of miscommuincation will have far worse reprocussions than a 20 something staying on your couch!
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