3 Essentials when asking for help
Be careful, there are some things you need to consider before actively pulling. Your request must be justified. If you cannot deliver a good reason for it, it will fail. Your request must be modest. If...
View ArticleMake a list of favours you requested in the past
Exercise 10: Make a list of things or favours you wanted from others in the past. How did you request them? Were your requests justified, modest, and reciprocal? You can go a little more into the...
View ArticleCan you improve how you ask for help?
Exercise 11: Review your answers to the last exercise. Are conditions missing? Which condition could you drop by compensating with the other two? The three conditions for requests have also another...
View ArticleResult orientation considered harmful
Suppose you want to teach a child how to ride a bicycle. You give a bike to the child and tell it to drive. The goal is clear: a smooth ride. So you do not give any hints how the…Read more ›The post...
View ArticleDo You Practice Ekoy-Akop?
The Lean term “ekoy-akop” can be roughly translated to “foolish process.” It is very old — so ancient that both for a modern Japanese and a Westerner it does not even sound right — and you cannot find...
View ArticleOff Topic Or Not? Rethink Homelessness
As you may have guessed, I am taking care of this blog from a stable comfort zone: I have a good job and my family and I have a nice home. It is quite easy to write about things like…Read more ›The...
View Article7 Simple Empowerment Hacks
I have been away from this blog for a while. One of the reasons was that I was in the final rounds of writing a book together with Shirly Ronen-Harel (author of “Agile Kids”): “The Coaching Booster –...
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