Early morning rush to school, screams by mom/dad - "brush properly. Don't waste breakfast, did you finish breakfast ? Its 7:30A already ... you should better be dressed, school in 15 mins" etc.
At work I see the so called program managers sending day in day out reminder mails, which are becoming more and more machine like, script like ! - "You the
And things get done.
So, I went in to analyzing, what value add does this nagging reminders really have ? Does it irritate the people who are already doing their job as if they own it ?? Does it help the rest of the people who would slow down if there is no reminder ?
One interesting thing I found out is - there is a certain level of addiction built in to all to these reminders. People / Kids being screamed at, being nagged, have grown dependent on this. Just like say nicotine addiction. If you let them go, they would not be able to complete their own work in time as back in their mind they are waiting for that nagging, that scream.
I am going to take this risk and try it on my kids this week. Wont push them to complete their morning routine. And if the miss school bus that is fine. They should realize this and get the ownership of their own actions.
Experiment with family first. Then it would come to work !!!
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