Giggly
No moss growing on me
- Joined
- Jun 12, 2008
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- sx/so
I have a new colleague that I've been working with for the past month who I believe is an NT. I'm still not sure if he's NTJ or NTP but he's definitely full of ideas.
The thing is, we HAVE to work together on a project with a deadline and it's just the two of us doing this. Here is where the problems come in....
I love his ideas (it's one of the things that excited me about working with him) but we have work to get done and he keeps coming up with new ideas every week on how to get the project done rather than just doing it the tried and true way that has been done in the past - which, at this point, since we've wasted so much time talking about his ideas, is what I want to do now.
I know this sounds so stereotypically NT vs SJ but I don't know what to do now. How do I get him to produce the results by the deadline yet let him crank out his new ideas?
I have more on the line than him if this doesn't get done because he can more easily find a new job due to his credentials and experience (which I don't have).
And before anyone says.... I have already explained this to him a few times, to which he replies that he understands and for me not to worry, that he will get it done the old way, but then 2 days later he's back to focusing on a new idea and hasn't done any work.
Please help an SJ work well with an NT.
The thing is, we HAVE to work together on a project with a deadline and it's just the two of us doing this. Here is where the problems come in....
I love his ideas (it's one of the things that excited me about working with him) but we have work to get done and he keeps coming up with new ideas every week on how to get the project done rather than just doing it the tried and true way that has been done in the past - which, at this point, since we've wasted so much time talking about his ideas, is what I want to do now.
I know this sounds so stereotypically NT vs SJ but I don't know what to do now. How do I get him to produce the results by the deadline yet let him crank out his new ideas?
I have more on the line than him if this doesn't get done because he can more easily find a new job due to his credentials and experience (which I don't have).
And before anyone says.... I have already explained this to him a few times, to which he replies that he understands and for me not to worry, that he will get it done the old way, but then 2 days later he's back to focusing on a new idea and hasn't done any work.
Please help an SJ work well with an NT.