CHAPTER TWO
The Challenge of Doing the Right Thing Poorly
AS YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS that closed chapter 1, you might have found yourself wondering about the significance of your answers. In other words, what can you do with the knowledge that you struggle with delegating and that you crave feedback? Aren’t you always going to operate with a high-need-for-achievement motor?
Of course, but you don’t always have to allow this need to back you into a corner or wear you down. Many ambitious professionals overcome the obstacles they place in their paths by fitting their behaviors into a manageable context. By that I mean that they learn to see the pattern of their behaviors and how to adjust that pattern so it’s productive rather than counterproductive. ...
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