When I moved my family from Perth to the Central Coast of NSW some 18 months ago, my wife had some apprehension about our new community when we first arrived.
When I asked why she was feeling this way about the Central Coast she replied, "Oh, I just have a bad feeling about the place".
I probed further with, "Is there something specific that has resulted in this bad feeling?"
My wife then proceeded to rattle off this list of negative performance predictors:
- "There are two cars on the side of Wyong Road that have obviously broken down, and now there windows are smashed and tyres slashed";
- "There are several crimes stories on the news every night" [Nb. the majority of crime reported was occurring in Sydney, but the perception of high crime was being absorbed by my wife];
- "Hearing sirens is common - almost daily"; and
- "Residents don't seem very house-proud, because many yards have overgrown lawns".
Not displaying negative performance predictors is equally as important as displaying positive performance predictors, as the story above indicates.
[Nb. Lucky for me, my wife and I have a very supportive relationship. We still live on the Central Coast, and happily so.]
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