Self-expression is the dominant necessity of human nature

“Why can’t we adapt this same psychology to business dealings? When we have a brilliant idea, instead of making others think it is ours, why not let them cook and stir the idea themselves. They will then regard it as their own; they will like it and maybe eat a couple of helpings of it. “

One story is about a girl who didn’t like eating breakfast and the parents tried many tactics, but none of them worked. Then, they found out that the little girl loved to imitate her mother, to feel big and grown up. So one morning they put her on a chair and let her make the breakfast and it worked. A little girl ate 2 bowls of cereals. So, First, arouse in the other person an eager want and second let them have the whole world with it.  

It is human nature that we don’t like someone controlling the other person and with the same reason, people don’t like a micro manager who wants to control everything and keep eyes on them. I do like encouragement and push them to take on a challenge. The person will not be afraid anything, because they feel a strong support behind the scenes and it really helps the person grow stronger with high confidence.

It is good for the individual team member as well as the whole team. I personally think that we need more strength on this and give more ownership and responsibility to individuals, instead of the team. In my opinion, it is sort of the company culture that is not easy to change, but as someone said “Slow and steady.” If we just take one step at a time, eventually we will get there if we keep going in the right direction. And we can change the culture.