Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Sometimes you concede or yield to another person’s experience in a situation. Folks seem to hate that.

“You have more experience with this type of thing or this type of situation. I yield to your judgement here.”

Seems like that is pretty reasonable and wise. Folks seem to hate it. What is wanted is some general or universal admission that I am inferior in all situations at all times. The insinuation that I may have better expertise some of the time is taken as just that—an insinuation. That word sounds bad. It means something bad, but it sounds really bad.

Still, when superior experience or knowledge is present—concede. No one has to be superior in all things at all times. No one ever has to be superior at any thing at any time. Let’s do the work and move on.