"He drives me
crazy!"
Johnny flopped
down on the armchair next to Sondra.
"We agree on
what needs to be done, he gets the action point - we even add the action point
to the minutes of meeting for goodness sake - and then still, he stands there
looking all surprised when I ask him about it. Like; Oh, was I supposed to do
that?"
Sondra put down
her phone. The time for checking her private mail over a cup of coffee was
apparently over. After listening a few more seconds to Johnny’s ranting she
interrupted:
"That book
you borrowed from me. Did you bring it today?"
He looked up,
bewildered.
"What? What
book? What has that got to do with anything?"
"You borrowed
it from me last week and you said you would give it back today, since
I need it for the lecture tomorrow."
"Really? Was
that tomorrow? I didn't know it was tomorrow."
She started humming.
"What? Why
are you humming? You can't even keep a tune!"
She stood up,
getting ready to leave.
"I hum it
well enough for you to hear what song it is, right?"
"Well, yes,
but..."
"Which one is
it?"
"A Michael
Jackson song."
She rolled her
eyes.
"Which one?!”
She smiled
triumphantly and clapped her hands so loud he jumped. "Exactly!"
As the saying goes:
‘You see the mote
in your brother’s eye, but you do not see the beam in your own’
You may not like
to hear it, but often what annoys you in others (and we all know this is not
only applicable to colleagues but also to partners and - definitely - our
kids…) are things you don’t like about yourself.
Not convinced?
Take 5 min and check out this video with Marshall Smith...
