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| Almost a decade ago, on a flight from Houston to New York, I found myself sitting next to a seemingly pleasant woman who introduced herself as a sales director for a large technology company. We began with a polite exchange, sharing a few details about our backgrounds and the reasons for our visits to New York. After a few minutes of conversation, I reached for my newspaper, signaling that I wanted to read quietly. But instead of taking the hint and winding down gracefully, my neighbour launched into a monologue that lasted for the entire journey. As I left the plane, my head was throbbing with useless details of this stranger's life and I asked myself how I'd let this happen. I realized that I'd asked her that fatal question: "What do you do?" Naively, I'd assumed she would say a few things and leave me alone, instead she had regaled me with every detail of her working life, from her role and responsibilities, her results, objectives for the year, her problems, to her team, her boss, her company, its politics and culture, her ambitions and even her career history. I clearly remember the feeling she emanated — a wave of such intensity and pressure that I just wanted to escape. But there was no getting away from her and every time I tried to stop her, she came back with more stories, so I just let her run on and on. I just watched her stressed face and listened to the unending roll-call of facts and figures, names and personalities, problems and challenges of her life. Read More... Also Read How to Build Confidence A 90-Minute Plan for Personal Effectiveness The Attitude of Success: It’s All in Your Head Pay attention to the things that bring you success Seven golden rules of networking |
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