Category: Short Form

There are things
we consider
unimportant
that becomes important
when the context changes.

For example
when I have a deadline,
I don’t care what I eat.
I may simply eat some ramen noodles
and instead spend the time travelling back-and-forth to a restaurant
on doing the work.

But if I have already made the effort to get to a restaurant,
the quality of the food
becomes important.

So it’s inaccurate to judge someone as
not caring about the quality of food,
because they do care
when the context is a certain way.

What we claim to do
“for” others
is often not
for them,
but for our
selves.

Actually,
it is not accurate to say
that it is for ourselves,
either.

It is more accurate to say
that it is for an image
of who we believe
we must be
to not be judged
as someone whom
we do not wish
to be judged as.

Having empathy
is fine
if what you have
is what you need.

Realizing empathy
is necessary
when what you have
is not what you need.

There is a moment
when someone who judged leaders
for being unworthy
faces a challenge where they themselves feel
like they have no other choice,
but to become just like them.

At this juncture, we can judge
that we have no choice,
or we can perspective we need
that will allow us to see the situation
in a different way,
where we discover or create choices
we did not know
we had

Peter Drucker
never said
culture
eats strategy
for breakfast.

A great strategy
without a great culture
to

But a great culture
without a great strategy
isn’t great,
either.

Gratitude
has somehow became
a panacea.

“Be grateful.”
some say.

“Be honest.”
I say in response.

If you don’t feel gratitude,
you don’t feel gratitude.

What you feel
is what you feel.