Forceful or confident?

[volksdragon]

I just (mostly) jokingly promised someone that I wouldn't do anything to plan our yearly ski trip, and she seemed genuinely happy to hear that.

I feel that I have a lot of ski-place knowledge, more than some of the other trip members, and am doing a service by guiding them to suitable and fun locations for the entire group. We've had some "discussions" about that on previous trips.

Am I took forceful in trying to steer these trips somewhere that's more likely to be exciting/fun/etc, or am I just forcing people out of their comfort zones for the satisfaction of my own goals?


[Some of the people involved are on this journal. That's fine. I'm interested in seeing what you have to say as well. And I reserve the right, if we end up skiing somewhere SUCKY, to say I TOLD YOU SO. :)]

Comments

[siercia]

if the trip does end up being somewhere sub-optimal, you actually do have to let it go and not make with the "I told you" -- trusting that the suckage will be apparent to all, without the gloating. Nothing spoils a group trip faster than the one guy who's all, "I TOLD you we should have done WHAT I WANTED."

Amen. That's absolutely no fun at all.

[scirocco.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. I won't actually do that. I'm pretty good about not doing that. I think.