There’s no benefit in making a thing more difficult than it actually is. Fretting isn’t necessarily caring. Being passionate about a thing doesn’t equate to being annoying. Encouragement is not needling.
Whatever the task, complications should not be deliberate. They don’t have to be baked in, thrown in, or assumed to be a part of the territory. If they arise, let it be due to unknowns, not malice or arrogance.
Some things have the potential to be quite easy, even though they’re important and involve work. Skilled people know how to stay on their own toes. Unnecessary nudges can feel like punches in the face.
Don’t make things harder than they have to be. Don’t worry people to death with minutiae. It suggests lack of faith, assumes incompetence, slows productivity, and weakens interest. If you have to keep reminding people of stuff, is it because they’re absentminded, or because you have no confidence in them?
An anxious, controlling, know-it-all, insecure, or bullying spirit can put a dampener on what should be fun, effortless, or pleasant. You’d be surprised how intentionally cooperative competent people can be; how excellently they will deliver—without making their task harder.
Your demands and expectations can’t suddenly exceed your actual output.
When you know you’re getting steak and lobster, but paying for PBandJ, you might want to be grateful, dial back a bit on the demands or extra requests, dismount the high horse, lose the entitlement, and let people do what they do best—deliver the goods or services they agreed to provide. Let them concentrate on the principal thing in an atmosphere that is drama-free. They don’t need a taskmaster or micromanager— that they’d probably humor or ignore anyway.
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