And so we leave May and welcome June…the year continues to motor along, doesn't it?
I want to touch on a "practice" that is becoming all too prevalent. It's known as "weaponized incompetence" and it's defined as "pretending to be bad at simple tasks in order to avoid having to do them".
We've all known people who've drawn on this for their advantage—often to our disadvantage. We may very well have people in our lives right now who'd rather shirk responsibility rather than own up to it.
Think about it. How many times have we all encountered
someone who "can't possibly" do a task that ultimately isn't that difficult, taxing or time consuming? They just don't want to do it and they default to "I don't know how."; "I'm not very good at this."; or the ever popular "You do it so much better!"
And then, in response, how
many times have we all just pressed on, saw to the task at hand ourselves and got on with it—couching that decision as just being easier in the long run. Maybe. And yet, when we allow this pattern to continue, does it really serve us?
What is your experience with "Weaponized
Incompetence" (2:58)?