Conversations around things like racial justice, reproductive rights, feminism, or fat phobia might be uncomfortable for you. Often we silence ourselves and opt out of these conversations because of a lot of different reasons. We might feel ignorant about the subject, or be wary of accidentally causing harm to someone. […]
Category: change
The Illusion of Disaster
Many times we look at failure and see utter ruin. We’re homeless, starving, humiliated and abandoned by our friends and family. All from not having a project ship on time. Or getting fourth place in the Olympics. Fear has caused us to overemphasize the doom that awaits us failing, so […]
Enrollment
Changing someone’s mind is incredibly difficult if they’re not already open to changing it. We often try brute-force intellectual attacks with a barrage of facts, and when that doesn’t work, we start humiliating them when it is exposed that they’re not probably operating off of truth. While giving people the […]
Environmental Factors
Whether it’s the literal climate around you, or the tidiness of your living space, or your working environment, it’s important to understand your own tendencies and how your environment affects you. As much as you can change it, you want to ensure that you’ve created an environment that will push […]
Blueprints
Blueprints are great for constructing a building that works for when the blueprint was drawn, but if circumstances and times change, the blueprint quickly becomes obsolete. Especially in uncertain times, we want clear, tested, de-risked answers to life. And why wouldn’t we? If you could have the exact blueprint to […]
Candor
It seems like a lot of people are confused about candor. They think that by giving someone direct, clear feedback they’re helping everyone grow and improve. And this is correct, however most of the people adopting this form of feedback mistakenly believe that this is their ticket to throw social […]
Outcasts
Outcasts are often outcast not because of hate or jealousy, but because of fear. Outcasts question the status quo, reimagining what could be, as opposed to settling for what is currently. They push against norms, innovating new ways of being and taking the risk of having other people dislike them. […]
Skills Can Be Learned
The problem isn’t that people don’t believe that skills can be learned. The problem is that people don’t realize that a lot of things that we assume are natural talents are actually skills. Drawing and painting? Music? Dance? Charisma? Entrepreneurship? Trust? Leadership? These are all things that most people think […]
Complaining
Often we’d rather complain about what’s making us upset than actually do anything. Complaining feels good, yet if it’s not coupled with a meaningful call to action, it’s worthless. After all, committing to take action means we’re now on the hook. No hiding anymore. We’re now responsible for something. Even […]
The Status Quo Vs. Change
When faced with a problem, we have a choice. The choice between taking action to change your situation or staying mired in the status quo. Rarely do we choose action. Action is active, requires more labor, and requires you to actually commit to something. You have to speak up, enroll […]