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Category: empathy

Don’t Break Belonging
March 30, 2022

Don’t Break Belonging

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If you’re a leader seeking to build belonging in your organization or team or loose confederation of monster hunters or whatever, you’ve got to build trust.  Trust, interestingly enough, is measured by its weakest facet.  This means you can have all the credibility in the world, but if you don’t […]

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September 28, 2021

Building in Public

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I’ve been thinking a lot about Kaiju Coaching this weekend, and something I’ve come up with is that I’ve been pretty unclear about who I serve specifically.  “Leaders” and “those with impostor syndrome” are pretty general, and since I’ve also been reflecting on copywriting (probably because I’ll be head coaching […]

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The Privilege of Looking Away
September 23, 2021September 22, 2021

The Privilege of Looking Away

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It’s often somewhat uncomfortable to come to terms with privilege, especially if there are ways that you’re underprivileged.  So you might want to look away from something that makes you feel uncomfortable, like poverty in India, or the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, or the femicide of a young, white woman […]

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Limits to the Hiring Process
September 19, 2021

Limits to the Hiring Process

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When reviewing candidates for a job position that got an overwhelming amount of applications, I realized how many rad people there are in the world. It makes me a bit sad that there’s only one position for so many amazing individuals, and this process has also helped me realize there […]

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Cavities
September 11, 2021September 11, 2021

Cavities

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Running a team or an organization is difficult. Often there will be many small problems that get ignored or pushed to the side in the pursuit of the greater goal. And while this is understandable, you don’t want to let these issues fester. Especially if they’re things that don’t often […]

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Leaning Into Selfishness
September 6, 2021September 5, 2021

Leaning Into Selfishness

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It’s okay to do things for selfish reasons, especially if it also helps other people out.  I donated $50 towards an organization that is raising money for suicide prevention advocacy mainly because it bought me raffle entries for rare vinyl toys that I want.  It might not be the most […]

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September 5, 2021

Fatigued

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When we’re exhausted, it’s easy to want to give things up.  And honestly, we probably should. It’s unsustainable to continue on things forever, especially if they’re sunk costs holding you back rather than things that give you joy. However, even when fatigued, there are probably things we shouldn’t be willing […]

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Absolutism
August 29, 2021

Absolutism

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While there might be exceptions, in general, the more something leans into absolutism, the more likely it’s going to be incorrect. Assumptions about broad categories of people will often be wrong, especially the larger the category is.  Things that work for some people, especially if it doesn’t acknowledge entire systems […]

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Intent Vs Impact
August 28, 2021August 28, 2021

Intent Vs Impact

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It’s easy to hide behind the consequences of your actions when the intention was not malicious. “It’s just a joke.” “Oh, I didn’t mean it that way.” But that doesn’t mean that the impact of one’s actions was any less than if the intent was, in fact, malicious. If we […]

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Don’t Condone, Empathize
August 27, 2021August 26, 2021

Don’t Condone, Empathize

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I think something that confuses a lot of people is that they think empathizing with someone else means to condone that person’s actions or beliefs. They are not the same thing. We need more empathy to help us bridge the gap between their beliefs and ours – but just because […]

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