I Have a Problem: Listening …

June 15th, 2007, by Michael Stelzner

Ever think you know it all OR at least enough to get by on your own?

Well I have a confession, I am a “know it all.”

I recently was having problems with my pool. Months earlier the pool installer came by and did some tests out of good will. He told me I needed some chemicals, which I did not believe—so I ignored him.

A few months later, I noticed the chlorine kept getting really low and I was getting really angry. I had two different service calls on my salt-system (which converts salt to chlorine). They kept telling me the problem was my “pool chemistry.” I kept telling them it was their faulty equipment.

Finally, I took a water sample to a local pool store. Sure enough, it was missing a key chemical. “Put this in the water and your problems will be solved,” the nice guy explained—and he was right!

Then things connected in my brain. Had I only listened to the pro the first time, none of this would have happened.

How often do you ignore sound advice?

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4 Responses to “I Have a Problem: Listening …”

  1. Dianna Huff Says:

    Ha! That is a good story. My problem is that I listen to too much advice.

  2. Michael Stelzner Says:

    I wish I listened more :)

  3. Scot Herrick Says:

    The problem with “sound advice” with 20-20 hindsight is that at the time the advice was given to you, it didn’t sound like “sound advice.”

    There is a tremendous diversity of opinions from “professionals” and it still requires judgment to determine what is the best advice for you.

    But, Michael, by the third time some professional is giving you the same advice…well…

  4. Michael Stelzner Says:

    Wise words there Scot

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