Honesty earlier is way easier than trying to course-correct later and
maybe you'll just discover that it's not the right team for you or
it's not the right fit and that's okay, as well.
Now when we say,
avoid conflict at all costs that doesn't mean avoid all conflict.
It means, that, try to change how you address those problems.
Disagreements are okay.
Conflict is okay.
It's when you're attacking somebody else.
People don't like to feel attacked and so
how you broach those things is as important.
What you say is as important as how you say it.
Another possibility is to rather than say, well, hey, do it this way.
Say well, would it be possible to do it this way.
Have we looked at it another way?
So phrasing alternatives as a question,
because then it becomes a dialogue between you and the other person.
It's not a unilateral decision or
somebody sort of mandating the way that something should be done.
So let's talk about working teams, because it's important.
80% of teamwork is actually showing up.
I can't tell you how many times people wanna be part of a team, but
don't wanna show up and actually do the work.
I'm sure you've recognized this.
Some of you have had that experience working in a team where people just don't
show up and you have to end up having to shoulder the load, but
listen to your team members too.
And when I say listen, I don't just mean to their words, but
to what they're trying to say.
Try to understand where they're coming from and
that's gonna help you build trust with your team members.
You have to trust each other,
you have to trust each other to make mistakes, correct them, get better.
Trust is a really difficult thing in teams,
especially when you're working on creative projects.
You've screwed up, I've screwed up.
I probably screwed up on a lot of these videos and that's okay,
give somebody a second chance.
It's another opportunity to improve and learn.
And if we've talked about this already, if games teach us anything,
it's that failure teaches us a great deal.
Don't sweat the little stuff.