Seth made an interesting point about people not taking responsibility.
Some argue that people want to be be spoon fed the answers to their issues. I don’t think people are just like that from the day they’re born, but they’re being thaught from childhood on to “Do as I say.” Through the reward for doing so, their self esteem becomes a function of their degree of obedience (hence this post’s title), and a certain amount of people will never lay that off. Aside: This is the kind of people most organizations want to have as employees.
But we have to be careful not to confuse people who always ask what to do, with those who are just stuck in a certain situation. One question to ask might be: “What are your options?”