LuckyAlbatross
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I still think the best way to work through this is you two talking and working directly. But I had this issue with my local partner as well. At first I thought I was just not being clear enough in my orders, assuming to much, not yet through the normal training and getting to understand my style period. So I became very specific, very detailed and clear with time limits. When this still didn't work I began to have doubts. He claimed he wanted my discipline, he claimed he wanted to be of service to me, and I believed his sincerity. However, good intentions do not equal good service and my patience was running thin. One of the final straws was when we went to a group lunch together. I informed him beforehand that he would be in charge of getting us there, directions, parking, timing and I would follow in my car. I did this because I hate driving, I hate driving to new places in cities and I knew he would enjoy the opportunity to take that stress from me. He did a horrible job, almost missing exits, having no idea about parking and making me highly frustrated. Once we finally got out of the cars and into the street, I shoved him against the wall and snakred very loudly at him that "I've never thought you were stupid and incapable but you're doing a really great job of proving me wrong." He claims now that this was the point he started falling in love with me. There was one incident after this, which had me seriously thinking that I was out of solutions and if he didn't respond soon that I would have to just stop. But we talked a lot and I think he eventually caught on and, in some ways, just got out of his own way of overthinking and self-doubt and just started DOING it and has been pretty doing excellent progress since then.
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