[e-nspirations] Are My Actions Helping or Hurting?

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It's hard to make a decision when boundaries are fuzzy.  
--Jamy Fox
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Most of my early years as a manager were spent helping people do things 
that they could be doing and should be doing for themselves. Once in a 
while I still catch myself "rescuing" people and keeping them from being 
accountable.

If a person can't do a task for himself, my job is to teach him to do it.  
Helping.  When she could or should be doing it for herself, my doing the 
task is meddling.  Hurting.

To be a good colleague, friend, boss, subordinate and family member, I must 
leave open every opportunity for the growth of others, which includes the 
dignity of letting them fail and being accountable for their failure.

by Jean Kelley

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