What you say and what they may hear…
By Rajesh Setty on Sun 16 Dec 2007, 12:43 AM – 2 Comments
What you say: I work for <<INSERT BIG COMPANY NAME>>
What they may hear: He is part of statistics in <<INSERT BIG COMPANY NAME>>
What you say: I have worked for CLIENT1 and CLIENT2
What they may hear: Does CLIENT1 and CLIENT2 know that and do they care?
What you say: I am working on the latest technologies on this project
What they may hear: Latest as of when? If you work long enough in this project you may be working on outdated technologies soon.
What you say: My company loves me and they ask my opinion about key things
What they may hear: And, do they do anything about your opinions? Do your opinions really matter?
What you say: I have fifteen years of experience in this field
What they may hear: Then, why are you still in this position?
What you say: I am involved in a mega project along with thousand other colleagues
What they may hear: Part of statistics again…
What you say: I am a well-known expert in this field
What they may hear: Well-known according to who?
What you say: I am not able to sell my ideas to the management
What they may hear: Are your ideas really sellable in the first place?
What you say: My Boss does not know much
What they may hear: Do you say that because he hired you…
What you say: I left my job because my Boss and I had differing views
What they may hear: You were fired…
- Are you covered?
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Rajesh Setty on December 16th, 2007
Thank you Deepak.
“They” are people to whom you are speaking to. This was just a “fun” list I compiled from my notes for the last few months. I agree with your assessment that a lot depends on the “listener” (on how they listen)
The sketches are made on a Papyrus book using a Faber-Castell artist pen and scanned via MP Navigator scanner. I use Paintbrush software to crop them up.
This is the first time I am drawing in my life (mostly inspired by Dan Roam)
Best,
Raj
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Deepak on December 16th, 2007
Rajesh,
Who are “they”? But some questions are interesting and I already know the answers! For other questions, it may just be that the listeners are skeptics. You covered yourself with a “may” which was nice
PS: Your sketches are cute. Do you just use a scanner or is there a tool to get them to digital?