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Three surprising questions to figure out what you want.
What pisses you off?
I’ll make sure to clarify first at the start of this insight. I’m just asking this question about the work you do.
I’m not asking you about things in your personal life that piss you off. So if your spouse never cleans out the dishwasher, sorry for you, but that’s not the stuff I’m interested in.
What pisses me off is bad leadership.
You get to lead a team of people, and you suck at it. You never really prepared yourself for the job. You don’t know how to inspire and motivate. You don’t know how to have a proper feedback conversation. You’re not open to feedback from others. And you’re more interested in people higher up in the hierarchy than your own team.
Those people exist. And I’m sure you know someone because there are lots of them.
They’re actually not leaders. They’re managers, and even that they don’t do well.
I hope you see why I’m asking this first question.
Because it helps you to identify an area of interest in your working life that may help you get closer to doing the work you like.
