November 2, 2020

Can being stubborn kill you?

Stubborn billboard

Well, this billboard from the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality suggests it can.

And the graffiti artist disagrees 🙂

Are you stubborn?

Think of one thing that you know you should be doing but are not doing.

Perhaps someone told you to do it, and you don’t like being told what to do.

Perhaps doing it will mess up something else you like doing, and you won’t give that up.

Perhaps it does not fit with the image you have of yourself.

Perhaps you are fearful of what people will think of you if you do it.

On the other hand, stubbornly holding to a course of action against the odds can result in success.

It seems being stubborn has a light side and a dark side.

Given that thing you are being stubborn about, which is it for you?

My best wishes, Paul

Paul Matthews

CEO and Founder of People Alchemy

share this article:

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

related posts

Female graduate student at a podium giving a speech

If you were to give a speech

If you were to give such a commencement speech to ten thousand people about to start their adult lives, what would you say?

Read More
faint background a woman smiling. Overlaid in blue a stick woman walking up steps towards a flag at the top

Get visibility of what line managers are doing post training

Following training the attitude and input from the line managers of the delegates is pivotal in determining if they are able to operationalise what they learned.

Read More
An illustration of the animals on noah's ark

Are you a manager or a leader?

Is the whole leadership vs. management thing a red herring? Consider your own situation…

Read More
Cartoon coach shouting through megaphone at four students running up a performance graph arrow

Introduce another player to the trainee/manager relationship

After delivering training you want to see behaviour change. The trainee may want to discuss this outside their line relationship. Introduce another player…

Read More

search blog

Get your free weekly tip

You agree that we can keep a record of your details, and send you other occasional offers. See our Privacy Policy