As you may know by my recent posts, I’ve been thinking about The Go Giver. (This book was part of my homework assignment for the Partnership To Success coaching program.)
While at work the other day, I was talking to my coworker about some problems that needed solved. We both knew she was capable of solving the issues we were discussing because of her prior experience solving exactly these sorts of problems.
During our discussion, she said, “They don’t pay me for that.”
This had multiple meanings for me.
She was using it to explain that the issues to be addressed were not within her area of responsibility or her circle of influence.
When I reflect back on her comment, I’m reminded of the first Go-Giver “law,” the law of value.
If my true worth is defined by how much more I give in value than I take in payment, wouldn’t it mean that I’d want to give what “they don’t pay me for” in order to increase my worth?
As I hear her words echo in my mind now, I can see her belief system is clearly not in harmony with The Go Giver principles.
And that’s okay. It lets me know where her awareness is at this time.
It just seems odd to me how transparent people’s beliefs are when I listen with the intent to understand where they are coming from.
The nice thing is that I’ve learned how to collaborate with others in a way that uses this ability (or should I say superpower – the ability to see inside someone’s head? Does that make me sound like a mad scientist or what?) to design solutions while taking into account what they believe is important.
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