Oh, they'll never believe a woman could solve such puzzles. They'll just assume I'm humoring you by editing it myself and allowing you to put your name to it." She raised her eyebrows. "But you wouldn't be." He humphed. "They'll never hear me admit it."" I will, " she said, a smile curving her lips. He shrugged. "They'll believe me, not you. Deeanne Gist
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She raised her eyebrows. "But you wouldn't be."He humphed. "They'll never hear me admit it.""I will," she said, a smile curving her lips.He shrugged. "They'll believe me, not you." You realize there's no practical way to make them do the work for you, correct? If they're too lazy or too incompetent to do it themselves, then expect that they will try to get away with using all sorts of excuses to hide the fact that they're too lazy or too incompetent to speed it up.

Expect that they will try to steal credit by having their friends act as agents to act on their behalf instead of doing it themselves. Expect that they will use every trick in the book to justify their shirking. Expect that they will try to get away with being selfish by blaming other people for their workload.

Expect that they will try to get away with being slackers by saying that they have enough work but just don't want any more work because they're already overloaded. However, this quote is not about how you take care of your housekeeping chores. It's about how you deal with someone who has trouble taking care of his or her own housekeeping chores and how you take care of yourself when others are trying to make excuses for them while making excuses for themselves. When someone is fighting an uphill battle against inertia, you need to give them support and encouragement but not let them make excuses for why he or she isn't doing something, or why he or she thinks it's important not to do something. You need to remind him or her that it is his or her task and responsibility but also remind him or her that there are consequences for failing to do the job well and letting other people down .

You need to tell him or her that you are always available if he needs additional help doing the job but also tell him or her that you are not going to be his personal slave cleaning up after him . You need to tell him or her what he needs to do and what he needs to stop doing and then stick with those instructions until he does what needs doing and stops doing what doesn't need doing . If he still gets himself into trouble with inertia then tell him again until he gets it right .

Source: A Bride Most Begrudging

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