Account

I'm going to try doing this as a daily journal.

So I've been thinking about accountability lately. What kinds of questions do you ask of someone when you want to hold them accountable? My plant manager is awesome at it! Really, all I want to be able to do is have someone say; "Ya you're right, i should and can do something about that". Here are just a few that he's used on me;

"What's happening?"
"What are you doing about it?"
"What do you expect to change?"
"How can this happen?"
"Your a leader here, and you need to influence in this scenario"
"Why are people not hearing what you are saying?"
"What can make this work better? why aren't we doing it"
"What are the obstacles that are preventing you from reaching your goal?"
"Why didn't you get this done on time?"
"What can I do to help?"
"Are you talking to the right people?"
"Have you exhausted your options?"

These are just some. Now I have to find a way to answer these questions. Something he sometimes uses to get to the root of the problem is "is it people? is it process? or is it machinery?" (cause and effect diagram).
Something that I want to develop is just having a sense of the way things are going. Looking at my surroundings and being able to quickly evaluate the situation like he does...even while I'm talking, which I feel I don't do so well right now. I have to ask myself quickly "What do I need to say?".

Also, something that I realized today; I vent alot...and I wanna stop. I think it sometimes comes off as whining. But something that's happening when I vent is that I'm also fleshing out my thoughts into concrete expressions, and even formulating what I'm actually feeling. I also, have to create a theme in my venting so that I can always express a consistent message. And I can't give up. If I think I'm not succeeding I need to work on the message. I need to start expressing my thoughts to different people and think of it as practice instead of whining. Maybe that's why I'm doing this journal.