Me Good Business

In business I have noticed that the two psychological types, the good’s and the me’s , are pretty easy to spot. Just like little kiddies.

Which is odd since the modern business environment pushes everyone to assume the demeanour of a good.

I think because of this the me’s become easy to spot; essentially they are putting on a whole false demeanour and it shows.

I find the me’s easier to deal with but the good’s more lucrative to deal with – let me explain.

The me’s are easy to deal with because it’s much easier guessing what they want. And what they want is whatever is in it for them. A raise, a bonus, more holidays, a promotion, a CV building opportunity, an ego boost, whatever. It takes a couple of minutes of conversation to out a me and their self-interests. Then any negotiation of any sort is pretty simple – you just hold out whatever they want and promote whatever they have to do to get it (if you have it to offer that is).

As an aside, people’s voting intentions are a good question to ask if you can guide the conversation around to politics; do they vote for what’s in it for them or what’s in it for society as a whole?

The goods are more motivated with everyone else’s welfare. And in business its harder to know where the ‘everyone else’ starts and stops. But they are more amenable to being negotiated into a position that suits via a discussion that spins one’s own position into one of the greater good, once you understand how they measure that. Which can be hard because often they themselves can’t articulate this.

I guess this insight makes me a bit of me.