I’ve found that half the time I don’t know something and feel that I really ought to know and so I’d better not ask because it would show that I hadn’t been listening, in fact there is no reason I ought to know, and I should have asked and saved a lot of agonising.
I’ve also found that half the time I ask about something I don’t know, it turns out to be something I’ve been told a dozen times and my asking has merely served to irritate those around me and in the subsequent turmoil I forget the answer all over again.
Now if I could work on knowing which unknowns are which, and start asking about the ones I shouldn’t know and not asking about the ones I should…
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I do the same thing. All the time.
I once saw an interview with Richard Branson in which he was talking about being dyslexic and said that in every single financial meeting he goes to he has to ask again what the difference between net and gross is. I often think that I would find this comforting, but for the fact that I’m not dyslexic. :S
Ah! Known unknowns, and unknown unknowns. Are you Donald Rumsfeld?
It’s probably better either not to ask, or concentrate more
heheh! you’ve got me all confused just thinking about it!
I usually remember being told something, but can’t quite remember what it was. I think the irritation thing depends on how many times you’ve been told/asked previously. Sometimes I’m not even sure whether I’ve actually told someone something
so end up repeating myself just to be sure.
I suffer from the same thing: I worked out that it’s because I subconsciously don’t give a hoot about what I’m being told, even tho I perhaps should. I write stuff down now, then ask people where my notes went.
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