Willingness looks like yes.Not yes, but.Not yes, if.Not yes, after.Just yes.Everything else is a version of resistancedressed up in reasonable …
Willingness vs. Resistance
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Prisoner or Participant?
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Sometimes I didn’t join.Not really.I showed up.Went through the motions.Did the job.I didn’t enter.I didn’t align.I didn’t opt in.Then I wonderedwhy …
Join Then Contribute
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I wanted to contribute.To add value.To make an impact.I jumped ahead.Tried to contributebefore I had joined.Before I had entered.Before I had …
Success Is Harder Than Failure
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I’ve been saying 'classy problems'for over thirty years.The problems don’t go away.They get classier.Failure is brutal.Brutal is simple.Do I quit?Or …
Paid Practice
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I told myself work was the paycheck.Do the task.Collect the check.That was the point.It wasn’t.Every job requires skills.Those skills don’t stay on …
Redeeming Work
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We are on a mission to redeem work.The word.The place.The way.Getting paid to practice lifebeats working to get paid.Every job requires skills.Every …
My Name Is Dan, and I Am an Imposter
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It’s not a syndrome.More precious thinking.Big frames for small ideas.It’s a mode.That’s why I can’t think my way out of it.Can’t outrun it.Or talk …
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The Proof of Progress
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Happiness is not a destination.It’s a byproduct of progress.Said more accuratelyHappiness is the perception of progress.When I think I’m moving …
Against or Toward
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An objection is resistance.It stops me.It argues with uncertainty.It avoids answering why.When I object,I dress up my hesitation as logic.I pretend …