We’re told goals are about achievement. Do the thing. Get the thing. Be the winner. Achievement is a wonderful thing to feel. Harder to accomplish. …
Becoming Isn’t a Bonus
| | Filed Under: R3 - Don’t be transactional |
Constraints Wait
| | Filed Under: R4 - Don’t push |
Constraints are non-negotiable. We don’t beat gravity. We jump. We postpone. Gravity waits. Long enough for us to feel in control. Then it pulls us …
The Willingness Test
| | Filed Under: R3 - Don’t be transactional |
I say I have faith in theboss. The work. The mission. Faith isn’t a feeling. It’s not a declaration. It’s not a posture. It’s a result. It’s a result …
Indication Arrives First
| | Filed Under: R9 - Don’t wait on perfection |
Being indicated is when I know what to do. Before I know why. The explanation is missing. The story hasn’t caught up. The data is incomplete. The …
The Question Is the Indication
| | Filed Under: R1 - Don’t be dishonest |
I don’t always trust the answer. Too polished. Too fast. Too final. The question? That’s something else. A better question doesn’t rush. It doesn’t …
Ache Is a Compass
| | Filed Under: R5 - Don’t be certain |
I don’t know what’s right. I usually know what’s off. It shows up as ache. Not pain exactly. Not panic completely. Ache gently. The quiet kind. The …
The Answers Were Already There
| | Filed Under: R3 - Don’t be transactional |
Sometimes a better question changes everything. At other times a change in my direction makes the question possible. Did the question reorient me? Or …
Orientation is Everything
| | Filed Under: R5 - Don’t be certain |
There is too much. Too much noise. Too much input. Too much urgency. Too much toomuchness. The temptation is to try harder. To do more. To get ahead …
Bots Talking to Bots
| | Filed Under: R2 - Don’t take credit for grace |
I wasn’t talking to you. I was talking to a version of you. You weren’t talking to me. You were talking to the version of me I’ve outsourced. …