I'm perfectly suited for and pretty good at the job I do. But I have a design problem that doesn't come with age, I've had it all of my life.
Names. When I introduce myself to someone, I say, "Hi, I'm Rusty" (I can't get hardly anybody at work to call me peewee - they're all scared to do it for some reason). So I say that and from my perspective what comes back is, "I'm #^yci76^%%4." Okay. A blank spot. I didn't hear a thing and 4 seconds later I don't know this person's name.
I've tried the thing where you listen intently and repeat the person's name right back to them, that doesn't work for me. 20 seconds later it's gone. It's not in this world that I don't care, it just won't stick. I've tried finding a "hook," and that works if I can do it - that is, find a hook. This guy's last name is Mason, like the Stone Masons cult. But if I can't find a hook, I'm lost again.
I'm in the wrong line of work. There's one of me and about 700 of the other folks, all who know my name, but... This week we have 6 new hires I'm orienting, and danged if....well I wish I had a photo, danged if 3 of them don't look really alike. It's embarrassing. You are Matt, right? No, I'm Evan. Dang, I apolgize. Over and over.
It bugs me. I don't think I cn fix it. So when we have the BangShift Jam in Michigan, I'll just be me. I'll say for the 5th time, "And you are.....?" I'm sorry, I'm missing a valuable part of my brain. And I know it. Wasn't born with it. Just ain't got it.
Names. When I introduce myself to someone, I say, "Hi, I'm Rusty" (I can't get hardly anybody at work to call me peewee - they're all scared to do it for some reason). So I say that and from my perspective what comes back is, "I'm #^yci76^%%4." Okay. A blank spot. I didn't hear a thing and 4 seconds later I don't know this person's name.
I've tried the thing where you listen intently and repeat the person's name right back to them, that doesn't work for me. 20 seconds later it's gone. It's not in this world that I don't care, it just won't stick. I've tried finding a "hook," and that works if I can do it - that is, find a hook. This guy's last name is Mason, like the Stone Masons cult. But if I can't find a hook, I'm lost again.
I'm in the wrong line of work. There's one of me and about 700 of the other folks, all who know my name, but... This week we have 6 new hires I'm orienting, and danged if....well I wish I had a photo, danged if 3 of them don't look really alike. It's embarrassing. You are Matt, right? No, I'm Evan. Dang, I apolgize. Over and over.
It bugs me. I don't think I cn fix it. So when we have the BangShift Jam in Michigan, I'll just be me. I'll say for the 5th time, "And you are.....?" I'm sorry, I'm missing a valuable part of my brain. And I know it. Wasn't born with it. Just ain't got it.
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