If you don’t think you’re a bit annoying to your colleagues, your ego has fooled you.
That which makes you unique also, occasionally, irritates colleagues. Everyone has a quirk (thank goodness), an oddity in their personality, that annoys people.
You’re still a valued member of the team, however. Because while you’ve been annoying others you’ve also succeeded in doing something else: You’ve built relationships.
Others have gotten to know you. They get you. They respect you—and may even like you. And as a result, they’ve invested emotionally in you.
Translation: Your colleagues care enough about you that in those moments when you annoy them, they forgive you. They look past your bothersome little habits. And—consciously or unconsciously—they give you a break, the benefit of the doubt.
Which means there is no break in the connectivity required for the seamless execution of business plans.
Worth noting: The teams with colleagues who say “We don’t have time for small talk” or “We won’t invest in the soft stuff” are teams filled with really annoying people.
You get it.
