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Managing the Wishful Thinker
“Could you please boil the ocean … by tomorrow if possible?”
SAMPLE WORKPLACE INTERACTION WITH “THE WISHFUL THINKER”
Julie participates on a conference call in her cubicle.
Martin (the Wishful Thinker boss): Team, I don’t need to tell you guys that time is of the essence with the Carter project. This one is a must win. It could make or break us and in the climate of constant reorgs, we want to prove our value to the organization. I know that our focus is domestic distribution of the product, but I’d really like ...
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