Yeah, I've noticed things are broken and passively ignored them before. Let he who hasn't cast the next stone through the already broken abandoned factory windows. Tasha Eurich is the kingpin of self-awareness research. She recently tweeted this Alan Mulally quote, If you don’t have a vision, a smart strategy, and a detailed plan to … Continue reading When Self-Awareness Is Just Selfish-Talk
Tag: critical thinking
They’re Waiting For You To Notice
I love asking people if they're an "everything happens for a reason" person OR a "nothing happens for a reason, but you get to pick your own" person. I'm in the latter camp. I've found peace with the people in the first. Most of the time we're saying the same thing. Here's why: Do work. … Continue reading They’re Waiting For You To Notice
More Cartoonist, Less Cartoon
“I’m trying to be a little bit more the cartoonist and a little bit less the cartoon.” That’s wisdom from my friend Tim. Better to play the game than to be a pawn. Better to be the artist than a part of somebody else’s picture. Better to be the creator of your own experience than … Continue reading More Cartoonist, Less Cartoon
The Power Of “I Don’t Get It”
I did all the work, ran all the numbers, made the presentation look pretty, got dressed up, and… they didn’t even want to look at it. The whole conversation went somewhere else. I called the audible, focused in on what I should have been focused on in the first place, and got it done. Been … Continue reading The Power Of “I Don’t Get It”
The Future Is Like The Present, Only Longer
Sometimes we get so scared of the future we make our present utterly miserable. Baseball player Dan Quisenberry went full Yogi Berra when he said, “The future is much like the present, only longer.” What we want to accomplish tomorrow needs to start today. Whatever tomorrow brings turns into our next today. Most of (basic) … Continue reading The Future Is Like The Present, Only Longer
Everything Sucks
There is nothing in the world like the teenage-zen aphorism, “everything sucks.” This isn’t innocent until proven guilty, this is guilty until you fail to prove innocence and shamefully admit it’s still guilty. And it’s not just teenagers who do it. I used to think I didn’t like to cook. I never hated it, but … Continue reading Everything Sucks
There’s No Hope Without Struggle
A storytelling lesson that extends way beyond the page: There’s no hope without struggle. There’s no struggle without hope. One is a function of the other. If there aren’t stakes, there’s nothing to overcome. If there’s nothing to overcome, there can be no hope, only handouts. Hope, struggle, and how we face them are learned … Continue reading There’s No Hope Without Struggle
Podcast Of The Week: Don’t Bite The Hook
It's a 3-hour long audiobook and not a podcast, but it's my newsletter and I'll cry (or post, or write) what I want to. Pema Chodron's Don't Bite The Hook is a lecture she gave on not getting triggered by the frustrating crap in our lives. At first, it feels like it's about addiction, anger, … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Don’t Bite The Hook
For Feedback To Work, It Must…
For Feedback to work it has to be specific and concrete. That means for feedback to fail, all you have to do is make it overly general and ambiguous. "I love when you send me these instructions in the exact order I need to enter them" is infinitely better than "I hate the way you … Continue reading For Feedback To Work, It Must…
Help (I Need Some Continuum)
There's a continuum to helping. If you want to be helpful, it helps to know where you're coming from. On one end is the bad samaritan. They see and don't help. We'll assume that's not what you're looking to do, but we have to acknowledge it exists. Next is the non-judging-but-passively-listening friend. This is good … Continue reading Help (I Need Some Continuum)