You guys are answering with one voice. Let me see if I understand.
Lesson 1: Pick my fights. Everybody needs and seeks a sense of autonomy. He can either exert it positively and constructively, or as resistance, by dragging his feet. Don't do the work for him by micro-managing and over-controlling. He will resist. And he will not own his efforts.
Lesson 2: Minimalism. If I hold back there is the chance he will step up.
Lesson 3: Let it be on him. Don't make it so easy on him. Reiterating here, let him do the work. Let him own it.
Thank you, people.
