Re: Re: "I've tried it" doesn't instill interest
"J. B. Rainsberger" <[email protected]>
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So said Dale Emery <[email protected]> on 2003-01-09 -------------------- >Hi JB, > >Earlier, George said: >> Saying, "I've tried it and it makes life so much easier" doesn't >> seem to instill much interest. > >Ron followed with: >> What's that about? Why isn't the reaction "oh really, tell me more?" >> Honestly, I do not understand. > >You wrote: >> While I generally object to "Hear, hear!" I have to express my own >> bewilderment at this exact scenario. If I do Great Things and you >> also want to do Great Things, then why the hell aren't you curious >> about what I did? In the reverse situation, I'd want you to tell me! > >Your responses to these "reverse" situations may help you to understand: > >"I finally married my girlfriend and it makes life so much easier." <snip /> Understood; however, if we stick within the much narrower context of trying to build a specific piece of software for specific people, then the correlation between my ability to succeed and the team's ability to succeed is much higher, don't you think? Assuming you agree, then perhaps my expectations aren't so unreasonable. I will concede this point: generally the other person must *want* to improve or succeed in order for any of this to be effective. I prefer not to deal with the situation where they don't, because I already know that I can't do anything about that. I refuse to believe that only a handful of the people I have ever worked with want to succeed or improve. As a post script, some of the reverse situations you mentioned are so wonderfully strange that I'd want to pursue them, particularly the one about giving up TV, car, and so on. Wouldn't that be great?! J. B. Rainsberger, President, Diaspar Software Services Let's write software that people understand. http://www.diasparsoftware.com/ telephone: +1 416 791-8603 All correspondence (c) 2002 Diaspar Software Services. If you want to use it, just ask; don't steal. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Flexible Keyboard is the ideal accessory for PDA users that are on the move. http://us.click.yahoo.com/dCBVZC/WnCFAA/xGHJAA/nhFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/