Comments on: A Lesson from Joe: It’s Not about Us http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/06/30/a-lesson-from-joe-it%e2%80%99s-not-about-us/ Mimi Spangler's Blog on Rainmaking and Business Development Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:48:43 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ian Brodie http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/06/30/a-lesson-from-joe-it%e2%80%99s-not-about-us/comment-page-1/#comment-8168 Ian Brodie Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:17:30 +0000 http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/06/30/a-lesson-from-joe-it%e2%80%99s-not-about-us/#comment-8168 Lol - perhaps so. I've tried to spend less time with myself - but have struggled to make it happen. I seem to be everywhere I go. Ian PS Just bought your latest book - looking forward to reading it. Lol – perhaps so.

I’ve tried to spend less time with myself – but have struggled to make it happen. I seem to be everywhere I go.

Ian

PS Just bought your latest book – looking forward to reading it.

]]> By: Ford Harding http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/06/30/a-lesson-from-joe-it%e2%80%99s-not-about-us/comment-page-1/#comment-8093 Ford Harding Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:28:37 +0000 http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/06/30/a-lesson-from-joe-it%e2%80%99s-not-about-us/#comment-8093 Ian: Thinking about ourselves more than others do may actually not be narcissism. I suspect that in many cases it results simply from spending so much time with ourselves. We are with ourselves practically every day, after all. Clients, who spend less time with us, quite naturally think of us less often or not at all. Thanks for the comment. Ford Ian:

Thinking about ourselves more than others do may actually not be narcissism. I suspect that in many cases it results simply from spending so much time with ourselves. We are with ourselves practically every day, after all. Clients, who spend less time with us, quite naturally think of us less often or not at all.

Thanks for the comment.

Ford

]]> By: Ian Brodie http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/06/30/a-lesson-from-joe-it%e2%80%99s-not-about-us/comment-page-1/#comment-8071 Ian Brodie Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:52:09 +0000 http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/06/30/a-lesson-from-joe-it%e2%80%99s-not-about-us/#comment-8071 Many thanks for that story Ford - it gave me real pause for thought. It's so easy to become self absorbed and paranoid about why a client isn't calling or we haven't won a bid that it's easy to forget the world doesn't revolve around us. I suspect that a little bit of paranoia and self-doubt is what helps to make a good professional - it keeps us on our toes and wanting to improve. But in this case, it works against us and combines with our natural narcissism to cause us to miss the bigger picture. Thanks again for a thought provoking post. Ian Many thanks for that story Ford – it gave me real pause for thought. It’s so easy to become self absorbed and paranoid about why a client isn’t calling or we haven’t won a bid that it’s easy to forget the world doesn’t revolve around us.

I suspect that a little bit of paranoia and self-doubt is what helps to make a good professional – it keeps us on our toes and wanting to improve. But in this case, it works against us and combines with our natural narcissism to cause us to miss the bigger picture.

Thanks again for a thought provoking post.

Ian

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