Have you ever experienced a delayed flight due to an issue with the aircraft? If you’ve spent any time at all traveling by air, chances are good that the answer is, “yes.”<\/p>\n
One of the delays I experienced was for a problem with the landing gear indicator lights. It turns out that airplanes have indicator lights to tell the pilot that the landing gear is down and locked, ready for landing. I hadn’t been aware of that before.\u00a0 And it got me thinking.<\/p>\n
Most of us are familiar with the lights on car dashboards. Car dashboard lights indicate a problem. They are warning lights. The expected behavior is for all lights to be off.<\/p>\n
Airplanes are different. Cockpit dashboards are full of positive indicator lights. What you want to see here are lights that are all on.<\/p>\n
In my experience, most of us operate under the car dashboard model when providing feedback to others. We only signal when there is a problem.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, most of us have a pilot’s mind set in our desire for feedback from others. We crave positive acknowledgement. Not praise, necessarily, simply acknowledgement that we are headed in the right direction.<\/p>\n
It’s amazing how much impact simple positive acknowledgement can have on a relationship, especially when done consistently.<\/p>\n
It doesn’t take much. A simple, “Thank you.”\u00a0 A little head nod.\u00a0 Maybe a quick, “Exactly what I was looking for.”<\/p>\n
But, it does require effort. We have been trained by our cars to speak up only when there is a problem. Don’t wait until it’s time to turn on the check engine light.\u00a0 Train yourself to acknowledge the landing gear is down and locked. All systems, “GO.”<\/p>\n
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