Earning money
because we think it means
“success”
is very different
from earning money
because we feel responsible
for someone to whom
the money
means support.
A Move Ive Seen
If we can predict
what someone will say
in response to us,
and that response is negative
it is no wonder we will not act
Each and every time you respond to
something your employee says
that image is store in the person’s memory
repeat the same thing enough times
and it’s as if there is no chance of. different response.
The New
When people encounter
something new
or unexpected.
Some
will dislike it.
Because it won’t fit
their expectations.
So to reduce their dissonance,
they’ll come up with ways
to make it fit
by suggesting ways
to fix it.
…
But then
some
will like it.
But they’ll be unable
to articulate
why.
Because it won’t fit
their expectations,
either.
The difference
isthe latter group of people
will imagine a context
in which the new will fit
while the former
will try to fix the new
to fit the existing context.
When there is more of the latter group
than the former,
a new genre
a new platform
a new era
begins.
If there is more of the former group
than the latter
a cult classic
is born.
Regardless,
an artist
makes art
that defies evaluation.
To be an Individual
To be and individual
does not stop
at the soverignty
of the undividable
is to be not enough
it is in company
with others
that what we lack
is fulfilled
Intersubjective not Objective
We say
we need to see ourselves
objectively.
Except
that’s impossible.
What we can do
is see ourselves
from an external
yet still subjective point of view.
So it is not a matter
of objective
vs
subjective.
It is we can empathize
with the point of view,
enough
for it to move us
to feel
as if
we understand.
Managing Up
The folks
whom we neglect the most
in our efforts to manage up
may be
our parents.
The older I get
the more I realize
that they need our support
more than we need their’s.
Failure to Launch
Launch failure
can sometimes be
the birthplace of
a pivot.
Guaranteed Achievement
If the goal post
of life
is death,
we
are guaranteed
achievement.
With achievement
guaranteed
how do you wish
to enjoy?
Grace
We often thank luck,
when it may be more than that:
grace.
Not Caring
It is not
that I do not care
about them.
I do.
It is that
I am confident
I can recover
the relationship
or recover from
the relationship.
That even if I do something
they wont like
I trust
that they care about me
just as I care about them
for our relationship
to sustain.
Otherwise
we are merely conforming
walking on eggshells