tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875001767678246171.post1587473203707598823..comments2024-01-07T22:02:50.324-08:00Comments on Double Journey: Dealing With Ambiguity at WorkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875001767678246171.post-45319067224606894962008-01-14T19:47:38.000-08:002008-01-14T19:47:38.000-08:00Ambiguity? I eat ambiguity for breakfast!!! We a...Ambiguity? I eat ambiguity for breakfast!!! We all have to deal with changing circumstances on a daily basis, whether we realize it or not. Traffic, inflation, the job market...we don't really know what will happen, so we deal with it. Decision paralysis is dangerous...DS won't do anything if faced with too many decisions (M&Ms, Snickers, Twizzlers, or Milky Way...I dunno, Mom, you pick for me!), and most of us adults are the same way!Brooke (Dollar Frugal)http://www.dollarfrugal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875001767678246171.post-56052316585661011502008-01-15T15:21:26.000-08:002008-01-15T15:21:26.000-08:00Yeah. some people handle it much better than othe...Yeah. some people handle it much better than others. I normally do, but for whatever reason, probably the very high level of ambiguity I'm dealing with, I have been struggling.terrencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875001767678246171.post-16557072434950819642008-07-02T15:05:27.000-07:002008-07-02T15:05:27.000-07:00[...] in hopes this person would ask me to clarify...[...] in hopes this person would ask me to clarify. It is a technique I like to use to see how people deal with ambiguity and how good they are at asking meaningful questions. No such luck. The person just answered [...]When Interviewing, Interview the Interviewer! | Double Journeyhttp://www.doublejourney.com/2008/07/02/when-interviewing-interview-the-interviewer/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875001767678246171.post-5884766116532365682008-11-28T05:08:47.000-08:002008-11-28T05:08:47.000-08:00This is a pretty common occurrence. I find the ea...This is a pretty common occurrence. I find the easiest way to handle these type of situations is to don't ask, just do. I know it can drive you crazy not having instructions, but the flipside is if nobody can tell you what to do, nobody can tell you what you are doing is wrong.terrencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875001767678246171.post-54202894868845367502008-11-24T23:31:22.000-08:002008-11-24T23:31:22.000-08:00I have same situation. Got promoted around 2 weeks...I have same situation. Got promoted around 2 weeks ago. Have no instructions, have no documentations. I replace a manager who is on long leave for maybe 6 month. I don't even know which file(s) she was working on. I am going crazy. What to do? I understand that I have to ''challenge status quo''. But no one is there to show me, to explain me. Everyone is busy and looks like with every question I just bother them.Marika Evahttp://marika-eva.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875001767678246171.post-70291763638697903892010-05-05T18:05:16.000-07:002010-05-05T18:05:16.000-07:00I have same situation. Got promoted around 2 weeks...I have same situation. Got promoted around 2 weeks ago. Have no instructions, have no documentations. I replace a manager who is on long leave for maybe 6 month. I don’t even know which file(s) she was working on. I am going crazy.china cell phoneshttp://www.chinacellphones.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875001767678246171.post-82340767561245189162010-06-22T03:44:00.000-07:002010-06-22T03:44:00.000-07:00"if nobody can tell you what to do, nobody ca..."if nobody can tell you what to do, nobody can tell you what you are doing is wrong"<br><br>No one may be able to tell you what to do but you will have no shortage of people to tell you or at least think that what you are doing is wrong. IMHO it is precisely for that reason that ambiguity drives us crazy.mannynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875001767678246171.post-10426530394947683232011-02-21T03:38:02.000-08:002011-02-21T03:38:02.000-08:00[...] problem is if you ONLY do the things that ar...[...] problem is if you ONLY do the things that are being asked of you. Part of being in management is dealing with ambiguity. You can’t be told what to do in certain circumstances because there is no plan to get [...]How Not to Get a Promotion at Workhttp://www.doublejourney.com/2011/02/21/how-not-to-get-a-promotion-at-work/noreply@blogger.com