July 31, 2010PowerPhrase: I know my obsessiveness can be tedious at times.
Joe can be obsessive. Debbie can be too casual. Often they balance each other out, but sometimes they collide.
That’s what happened when the internet went down. Debbie shifted her focus to activities the didn’t require internet. Joe checked the connections and called the company. He then went on a rant about unreliability.
Debbie listened for a while, and then made a few comments to get him to drop it that sounded dismissive to Joe. Joe was defensive at first, and then said,
- That’s okay. I know my obsessiveness can be tedious at times.
He was right, but his willingness to be vulnerable was far more endearing than his obsessiveness ever was.
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