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I recently experienced the loss of a significant contractor commitment, and I realize now that it’s partially my fault for relying more on my hope than doing good due diligence.
The hard part is coming to internal peace. On the outside I can raise my chin and look forward to fixing the problem, but inside it still hurts a bit.
I’ve experienced this even more in the past when I lost a great employee or had a work relationship go sour. There are ones that I still regret, over twenty years later. And I’m not a particularly emotional guy.
Perhaps it’s some kind of “long grieving”, like the aftereffects of “long COVID.”
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DISAGREEMENT IS NATURAL, because we’re human.
I’ve recently had to work on this, both for myself and for clients, and have some thoughts about building a graceful reconciliation.
It’s important to realize that you’ve entered a zone fraught with emotion, so treating this with logical arguments isn’t likely to end up with a great result.

