Have you ever had one of those days when you say one thing, hear yourself say that one thing, but later realize that you had been saying something completely different all along?
sigh Today, another gloomy and rainy day, and after my morning routine of exercising and showering, I was full of energy and ready to go carpe some diem, right? Well, let’s just say that things took a weird turn when I realized a deadline I had been communicating all along (this is the thing I heard myself verbally telling everyone) was off by eight days (the thing everyone else heard me say). Eight days off.
Boy, was I embarrassed and disappointed at myself. I tried to find ways to walk back that timeline but felt that the more I tried to fix it, the deeper into the quicksand pit I obliviously walked into got.
Luckily, I have the right people with the right mindset behind me, and we’re confident we still can successfully complete the task with very minimal changes to the original plan. But man… it doesn’t feel good right now.
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It may not feel good, but it sounds like you did the right thing by owning it, and kudos to your team for stepping up. So, is this a "pizza on the boss's dime" kind of situation?