Simon Sinek’s ‘Golden Circle’ is a useful way to think about the order in which we do things. First, we need to understand Why we want to do this [purpose], then we figure out How [strategy], and finally comes the What [action]. But perhaps there’s a fourth circle – the When? Timing matters. Imagine doing the work to understand the
We all make mistakes. It’s inevitable that we will sometimes make decisions and take actions that end up having negative outcomes. When we assign blame – whether that’s to ourselves or others – we are dwelling on the problem. We risk staying in the past, and reliving the mistake over and over. [And getting progressively more bitter and resentful]. Responsibility
My early career was as a drummer. In music – in all art – the essential element is an audience. Certainly there are people who play or paint to relax, with no intention of ever publicly sharing their work – but the majority of art is created to be heard, seen – felt – by someone else. At some point,
Does this drawing feel familiar to anyone else?! I’ve seen variations of it a few times recently, and believe it says something important. It’s nice to sit in a room, thinking we can make neat and tidy decisions about things. “If we do A, we’ll get to B.” But as we’ve all experienced – particularly in the last few years
The original mantra at Facebook was famously “move fast and break things”. [That turned out well.] We see the same thing [mistake?] happen again and again – right now, it’s with AI … A race to be first, with seemingly little concern for what the long term consequences might be. [And what are the reasons for wanting to be first?]
Where does your clearest thinking get done? Is it ‘at work’ or somewhere else? Does your answer tell you anything about your current situation? And if you’re reading this and thinking “oh, these are interesting questions, and I can see how they might be important – but I don’t have time to answer them” … then perhaps that tells you
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