You've given me a great example to explain to my wife why I wasn't paying attention during the family calendar meeting... but not for the subsequent 4 times she told me and I still didn't know we were going out to dinner with her parents Friday night.
I turned her into a raging ghost in the kitchen while I scrambled to run upstairs and throw on a shirt!
I learned this practice from a friend in the Navy, he called it a "read back". I've found it really helpful with the kids. If we talk about anything where there is an action, I ask them (in different words) to repeat back to me what we agreed upon. At work, I've used it in meetings by asking the person responsible for the main 'to-do' to close out the meeting w/ summary of the actions. In addition to helping people get out of tunnel vision, it helps to make sure people heard and understood what you wanted them to hear.
Steve- I told my wife about this and she now does it to me. I've had a few of those same family calendar meeting instances!
You've given me a great example to explain to my wife why I wasn't paying attention during the family calendar meeting... but not for the subsequent 4 times she told me and I still didn't know we were going out to dinner with her parents Friday night.
I turned her into a raging ghost in the kitchen while I scrambled to run upstairs and throw on a shirt!
Hahaha!
Well, Steve, your wife might already be looking for something like repeat-back requests.
Perhaps you should suggest it for your next calendar meeting.
I learned this practice from a friend in the Navy, he called it a "read back". I've found it really helpful with the kids. If we talk about anything where there is an action, I ask them (in different words) to repeat back to me what we agreed upon. At work, I've used it in meetings by asking the person responsible for the main 'to-do' to close out the meeting w/ summary of the actions. In addition to helping people get out of tunnel vision, it helps to make sure people heard and understood what you wanted them to hear.
Steve- I told my wife about this and she now does it to me. I've had a few of those same family calendar meeting instances!