May 31, 2006You Have a Spot on Your Shirt
Have you ever written a fabulous report and had someone’s first comment be about a typo? Have you ever spoken from your heart about a situation and had someone make a comment about a minor detail that had nothing to do with your main point? Have you ever talked about your new inspiration and had someone say,
- You have a spot on your shirt.
Of course we need to let people know about typos and spots and tangents can be interesting. But I remembered to hold my tongue last week when my husband shared a new insight into something he was excited about and I noticed a spot on his shirt. There was plenty of time for me to tell him about the spot, and this was the time for me to listen to the essence of his excitement.
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This is a hard one for me becuase I get so lost in details at times and can be impulsive. My attention is easily diverted by little things that stand out…and I forget how awful it might be for me to point out a tiny problem when someone is sharing something very good that is totally unrelated to the tiny problem
Comment by Adina — May 31, 2006 @ 1:44 pm
I have this same struggle with coaching a very “green” teenage girl volleyball team. Where I want to tell them all the things they are doing wrong, the best coaches give them the abilities to figure that out on their own and give respond with the good things they are doing.
Comment by Sheri — June 4, 2006 @ 4:41 pm