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Messed up view?

  • 16-08-2012 10:20am
    #1
    CavanCrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 337 ✭✭


    I was chatting to a co worker, and they come out with this;

    " If you are good at something, dont show anyone else how to do it because then they might be better at it than you "

    .... I just stared back at her like what a messed up attitude to have, she is my mentor in a way and i do not want to be learning that!

    Do you agree with her views? I think it is a pretty sad outlook.


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  • #2
    Hardonraging
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,641 ✭✭✭Hardonraging


    CavanCrew wrote: »
    I was chatting to a co worker, and they come out with this;

    " If you are good at something, dont show anyone else how to do it because then they might be better at it than you "

    .... I just stared back at her like what a messed up attitude to have, she is my mentor in a way and i do not want to be learning that, especially in a hospital setting !

    Do you agree with her views? I think it is a pretty sad outlook.

    Nobody is irreplaceable both in life and in work...


  • #3
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Knowledge is power.


  • #4
    JohnMarston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭JohnMarston


    If you're good at something never do it for free

    No seriously though, there's always going to be someone else thats better at something than you


  • #5
    shopaholic01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭shopaholic01


    Hardonraging wrote: »
    Nobody is irreplaceable both in life and in work...
    ..........yet it's amazing the number of people who convince themselves they are.


  • #6
    PK2008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,219 ✭✭✭PK2008


    CavanCrew wrote: »
    I was chatting to a co worker, and they come out with this;

    " If you are good at something, dont show anyone else how to do it because then they might be better at it than you "

    .... I just stared back at her like what a messed up attitude to have, she is my mentor in a way and i do not want to be learning that!

    Do you agree with her views? I think it is a pretty sad outlook.

    Your mentor is an idiot, get a new mentor ....or even better.... recognise that you don't need a mentor


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  • #7
    Gurgle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,064 ✭✭✭Gurgle


    CavanCrew wrote: »
    "If you are good at something, dont show anyone else how to do it because then they might be better at it than you "
    Plenty of people like this, its an inferiority complex.

    She obviously knows she can do this thing, but its the only value she can bring to the job. I guess she plans to retire at her current level.

    Also pretty stupid, she could teach people how she does it and become 'the expert' or someone else will figure it out for themselves and she becomes redundant.


  • #8
    Hardonraging
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,641 ✭✭✭Hardonraging


    shopaholic01 wrote: »
    ..........yet it's amazing the number of people who convince themselves they are.


    Clearly i am !! but that's a matter for the courts to decide !!


  • #9
    Hardonraging
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,641 ✭✭✭Hardonraging


    CavanCrew wrote: »
    " If you are good at something, dont show anyone else how to do it because then they might be better at it than you "
    .


    I'm wondering ... is this in reference to prostate exams ? by any chance..


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Actually OP I was at a training course yesterday, we were discussing the barriers and the benefits of delegating work. What you describe in your OP is one of the barriers that was mentioned by a few people and something that apparently comes up very reguarly, so messed up view or not, a lot of people think it!


  • #11
    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    If she's supposed to be your mentor then you really have to wonder what kind of stuff she is teaching you, or not teaching you as the case may be.


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  • #12
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    We are all but mere machines.


  • #13
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    CavanCrew wrote: »
    I was chatting to a co worker, and they come out with this;

    " If you are good at something, dont show anyone else how to do it because then they might be better at it than you "

    .... I just stared back at her like what a messed up attitude to have, she is my mentor in a way and i do not want to be learning that!

    Do you agree with her views? I think it is a pretty sad outlook.

    Very, very sad... And highly unproductive. I'm lucky I guess that the company I work for has a very high emphasis on sharing knowledge, so I get to train others in fields I'm really good in, and receive training from them in return for other things.
    I find this a very rewarding and productive way to run things.


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