Re: [extremeprogramming] Practices [was: Origin of term "standup"?]

In practice, the difference between advocacy and coercion is how you behave
when your idea is rejected (or even worse, ignored).  Learning to lose
gracefully is more constructive than stopping suggesting improvements.

On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 11:03 AM Ron Jeffries <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Here are some ideas ...
>
> On Nov 24, 2019, at 12:59 PM, John Maxwell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> So, given that I currently suck at advocacy-without-coercion (an
> assumption for conversational purposes), how do I improve?
>
>
> "Hey, I was reading about XYZ and I'm wondering how it might fit in.
> Anyone want to work with me t his afternoon on doing some XYZ?"
>
> "Hey, I'm having trouble with the ABC module, and could use some help.
> (Then, during the help, introduce and try the technique.)
>
> Is there some particular practice whose introduction you'd like particular
> help with?
>
> Ron Jeffries
> ronjeffries.com
> Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor -- Anne Lamott
>
> 
>
>

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