You now think it is impossible, it is not realistic, but let me take 10 minutes of your time to read this and think. You might change your mind.
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Great post @damnjan :)
Very helpful as I've been trying to explain this exact concept to a close colleague of mine. Your breakdown of each level of blame and taking ownership of responsibility is spot on.
Thank you @lfosgett for your positive feedback. I'm very happy and excited to hear that this writing can actually help someone to apply or try out new things.
thanks for this post @damnjan !
I really like how you've broken your definition of "blaming others" into steps / levels. I especially like that you frame these as levels to progress along, and that no matter where you are you can improve or help others improve 👏. Really speaks towards having a growth / open mindset.
I'm reminded of this quote from Viktor Frankl:
I do however think there is more to it than just acceptance and avoidance of external factors. Sometimes doing the work itself is part of the problem and the only way to actually fix it is to raise the issue and reassess. An example could be "building the right thing vs building the thing right" ie: does it even make sense to build this feature / product?
Thank you @pavsaund for such a positive feedback :)
I very much agree on your last paragraph, but in this particular post I was concentrating on avoiding constant blame on external factors, and focus on what you can do as an individual or as a team to make your environment independent.
I believe what you imply here, is that necessary dose of criticism must be presented inside team all the time, not just take tasks for granted. Am I right?
Thank you once again for your awesome comment, it really means to me :)
Thank you for this article.🙂
Sometimes, we often behave in a certain manner because we cannot see how flawed our behaviors are. I know that there are times I have played the blame game for one reason or the other and felt it was justified, which is/was not the right way to go about it. I have been unlearning this and your article just strengthened my resolve to be better :D
Thanks Again!😁
Hi Michael, thank you very much for positive and enciuraging words :)
I’m so happy to realize that people recognized a value in this 5 steps.
Cheers!
I wrote
in my article Help! I'm blocked by other people's bugs!. If you want to be efficient, have to dive deep. For that, you often need to learn. But it's worth it.
I just read your post :) it is awesome 👌
I like these sentences particularly:
and this one
I want to see management using this as a factor for merit increase.