Brad Watts
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first heard Nov 2024
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And maybe that'll create the momentum he needs to tackle some of the bigger stuff. But I do think that the big process is really going to come from deep and ongoing work. And that's his work to do. So keep letting your brother know that you love him, that you're there for him. Keep gently nudging him to a more vulnerable, optimistic place.
But while you do that, also keep an eye on your needs, your feelings, because like you said, he's not the only one on this boat. And it might be good for him to see how his way of dealing with things is affecting the most important people in his life. Doing that without spooking him or shaming him in a way that inspires him to take action rather than shut down further, that's your challenge.
It's a tough line to walk, but it's doable. Sending you and your brother a big hug and wishing you all the best. You know what you won't have to embezzle money from your company's retirement fund in order to enjoy? The fine products and services that support this show. We'll be right back.
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Amazing. Great work.
Yeah, well done. Amazing what getting out ahead of a problem can do. Scary in the short term, way better in the long term.
Signed. Oh, here we go. Should I come back in 10 minutes?
I should be done in like 30 minutes. Yeah, I'll go grab some sweet green. There's one two towns over.
Wow, that might have been... When I'm coming to the realization...
Are you done? Yeah, I'm done. Okay. All right. That sign-off was more convoluted than this company's internal messaging. Do not get any ideas from this listener. If y'all encourage Gabe's worst tendencies, this show is going to be three hours long every single week.
Exactly, with some creepy travel stories sprinkled in. So this is actually a really good question. First of all, like I said, good on you for looking at the situation and going, okay, I can't control the way my company communicates, but I can control how I communicate.
And then treating this challenge as an opportunity to address your anxiety and try things in a new way, which sounds like it changed your results pretty dramatically. That is excellent, awesome. I'm super proud of you for that. Second, working at companies like this is... It's super frustrating. It's very challenging.
I can almost guarantee that you're not the only person at the company who's struggling with it. And feeling like you're stuck there, that just makes this worse because you'll probably feel very limited and disempowered, and I'm sure that that's contributing to the resentment that you feel. So here's what I would do if I were you. I think you're gonna have a hard time changing your company culture.
There's 50 people working there. That's a big operation, big-ish, right? It's not like it's an eight-person company where you can walk into the president's office or pull everyone into a huddle and be like, hey, guys, I think we can do better at communicating. Here's how we do it. but that doesn't mean you can't flag this with the higher-ups and invite them to at least consider it.
The way I would do that is, well, first of all, I'd casually talk to some of your colleagues and see if they're experiencing the same thing. Like I said, my hunch is that they are, but it's important to talk to other people to really make sure this isn't just a you thing, and also find out how they're dealing with this communication thing.
If it's impacting their jobs as much as it's impacting yours, what they might be doing differently, whether they also want things to change, because that's super valuable information. And you might pick up a few clever strategies. If you talk to them and they're like, oh my God, yes, I'm constantly confused. No one proactively gives me work. I never know what I'm supposed to be doing.
It's so stressful. That's great data. And there's a version of this where you and your colleagues all go to some of the higher ups and share your thoughts. Or you write a brief letter outlining these challenges. Or you bring them up in an all hands meeting or whatever. And you say, hey guys, a bunch of us are noticing this challenge in the office.
We want to share it with you because it's something we feel we can all work on. And if we communicated better, we'd be able to get a lot more done and do much better work in XYZ ways. That's totally fair. As long as you deliver it in a spirit of kindness, humility, genuinely wanting to contribute to the solution, whether your leaders will actually do something with that, TBD on that, I suppose.
And that would be another thing I'd bring up to your colleagues when you talk to them. Like, if we shared this with the higher-ups, do you think they would listen? how would they respond? Would this be helpful or would they just brush it off and then turn on us? That'll inform your strategy too.
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