\u201cYou can lead a horse to water and sometimes the horse will\ncrap in it.\u201d – Roger Ellerton<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yesterday I was dealing with some fallout that was caused by\nsomeone who made some really unnecessary mistakes in a professional setting that\nhad some really impactful consequences. What\nwas even more frustrating to me was that in advance of them making the mistake I\nhad literally reached out and reminded them of how important it was that they\ndo the very thing they then didn\u2019t do. Why\nwould they mess that up?! Was it\nincompetence? Was it intentional? Who knows\u2026 but the bottom line is whichever the\ncase, the mistake made will have lasting effects and that makes me really sad\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I was dealing with some of the fallout caused by their\nmistake I sat their asking myself how could anyone be so shortsighted? I\u2019d shown them multiple examples of how to\nhandle things prior to their making the mistake. I\u2019d reminded them in advance of\nthe importance of making sure they handled it properly. Yet they still failed\nto do it… <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So when a friend who was aware of what went on sent me the opening quote all I could do was laugh through my tears\u2026because it\u2019s true\u2026there is only so much you can do for people\u2026you can lead them to water but they are the ones who must decide if they are going to drink it, or go to the bathroom in it. \u00a0So when you find yourself with a horse that\u2019s doing the latter of the two\u2026perhaps it\u2019s time to get a new horse\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n