25 August, 2014

Is No a default setting that requires challenging? Or is No a safety net to saying we don’t understand?

“Three spins of the teapot doesn’t make black tea-it depends on the type of tea”


This week I am down in Mackay and I decided to take on Alison call to
Redo my goals.  (Mining conferences are great places to make notes and clarify what I want to achieve.)
After another (look what we have done meeting) I posed a past question, which the whole group has pushed into the too hard basket and watched one bloke answer a question, with no answer, intention or action plan.
Then we were asked to vote on it!  

At the lunch break, everyone was glad they had made a decision. 
I asked what was the decision?
 The answer was I am not sure, but at least that part is finished.  We voted No!
Why did you vote know?
I think the big Boss’s have most of the answers so I voted with them, I know where my bread is buttered!
Hop into a new career today

After lunch I sat down to call back a prospect after viewing the BOC.  He said to me that
1.     He supposed he had to make decision
2.     He wanted to change his circumstances
3.     It was necessary for him to make the change
4.     Then decided not to move forward
I asked why?
I will say no, just incase I make the wrong decision.
I asked what if No is the wrong the decision?
Well, it is better to say no because then nothing can really happen, can it!

I decided no was probably going to be my answer as well.

 But it had me thinking………….

Is No a default setting that requires challenging?
Or is No a safety net to saying we don’t understand?

We are a very lucky group of people in Polaris Global we get to challenge No and all the past and new ideas as a part of our DMO.

Giving people a strategy to challenge themselves is one of the many reasons I bought this business.  Giving people the confidence to stand outside the herd and challenge what they being told is another.

“Three spins of the teapot doesn’t make black tea-it depends on the type of tea”


Are you ready to challenge your past and present ideas to create the change you are desiring?