For reading between the lines with greater comprehension
DEFINITION 1. Weighing all pros and cons. 2. Weighing some (not all) pros and cons. 3. Weighing the right pros and cons. 4. Weighing the pros and cons that I want you to. Socrates argued that we all want to better our circumstances. No one is out to get less of what they want. When […]
Months ago in this column I made a distinction between ingesting and digesting critical feedback. Ingesting is taking it in. Digesting is deciding what part is nutritious and what part is waste by-product. I argued that these two activities are best separated because ingesting feedback often hurts and makes us want to reject it ALL […]
Most of the time we have answers enough—no questions on our minds. When a question crowds in, it’s usually some variation on or aspect of this one—the mother of all questions: WHAT CAN I DO WITH WHAT I’M DEALT TO GET TO THE GOOD? At first it reads as generic and bland. But notice all […]
Months back I wrote about an important, overlooked dynamic in evolution called Redundancy and Relaxation*. When you have two ways to do something, performance pressure is relaxed, which brings about either innovation or flakiness. It’s like R&R: The boss says, “We’ve got someone to take your place for a couple of weeks, so for now, […]
A funny thing happened on the way to this week’s mind readers entry. I wrote it, my editor edited it, I read it one last time and realized I disagreed with it. It will be weeks before that baby’s ready for bed. Later this morning I needed an old quote to send to a colleague […]
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