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🗓️ 18 November 2019
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0:00.0 | Did you know choosing the train over your car can cut your carbon footprint by up to two thirds? |
0:06.0 | So, one family outing at a time, one little adventurer at a time, one trip to the museum, one dinner in the city, one nap on the way home at a time. |
0:18.0 | One train journey at a time can help create a greener future. |
0:24.0 | So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk slash greener. |
0:30.0 | I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier. |
0:33.0 | On the happier podcast, Elizabeth and I often quote our mother and father because they both give terrific advice. |
0:39.0 | I think often of something that my father told me when I got my first real job. |
0:45.0 | He said, if you take the blame when you deserve it, people will give you responsibility. |
0:51.0 | I've found that to be very true. Difficult but true. |
0:56.0 | In my experience, until someone in a group, in a job, in a family, accepts blame, everyone stays very anxious and focused on fingering the person at fault. |
1:07.0 | If you're a fan of the TV show's succession and you watch the finale of the second season, you saw this phenomenon in action around the table. |
1:15.0 | I found that once I raise my hand, if appropriate, then everyone else can relax and focus on what needs to be done because no one is worried about being unjustly criticized or blamed. |
1:27.0 | I remember a time from years ago when I was still working as a lawyer, at that time as a senior advisor to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. |
1:36.0 | I was working with a team of people who were creating an important report. |
1:40.0 | The document came in and later at a meeting of senior people, some people severely criticized the report. |
1:46.0 | They said it wasn't done correctly. It didn't address what it should have addressed and so on. |
1:50.0 | Now, I had directed the people who created the report and I had reviewed it. |
1:55.0 | And I have to admit that for a moment, I did consider staying silent and just directing the conversation to how the report had to be changed in the next draft. |
2:05.0 | In this room of senior people, I was the least senior and I didn't want to call attention to my mistake. |
2:11.0 | But I remembered what my father told me many years ago. So I spoke up. |
2:16.0 | I gave this team their directions, I said, they didn't get it wrong, that's on me. They did a good job doing what I told them to do. |
2:23.0 | So let's talk about how the report needs to change so I can give them better guidance. |
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