Why is it so hard to say what we really mean?
Why is it so hard to say what we really mean? I went in circles at the office because I had a situation with a particular task. The anxiety was piling up, and since I am a toddler in corporate, I had to find my parent and vent it out. The parent in question could only be accessed through a multi-level hierarchy called the corporate ladder, which seemed torturous to climb, but I just barged into her door. What was going to come next from my mouth could very well decide my future here—or not. I don't know; I am an overthinker. But let's backtrack. "How do I approach him for guidance?" I asked my colleague. "You speak less and give a solution to your problem while speaking to him," said my colleague. That's it. The formula was simple, and the parent was a highly approachable person. That is, until I heard stories about other children and their conversations with "the parent." "And when I did this, he screamed at me," they said. The in...