Lou, there's a saying "if you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got, so if you want change, do ANYTHING different."
Originally Posted By: Lou
I do follow-ups to cover my bases. With BB I have a lower success rate guessing what the reaction might be, so covering my base/explaining my general intention has sometimes been almost a requirement.
Many of us have made suggestions about small things that you could do differently just on the off chance that the results might be different.
Why is it a REQUIREMENT that you cover your bases and/or explain yourself?
Why not try, as an experiment, NOT covering your bases. Just have your first reaction and then DON'T explain, disclaim, apologize (if no apology is needed) cover your a$$, or anything. Just have a reaction and let it lie there, twitching in the sun in front of God and everybody. Don't excuse or explain.
Let yourself be misunderstood. Let your motivations be questioned. Let bad intentions be attributed to you. Let BB or someone else just look at you, shake their head, and walk away. So what? See how it feels.
