Juneteenth becoming a national holiday was a long-time coming. Our country, at a federal level, is finally coming to terms with the need to acknowledge the fact that America was built on slavery. We’re far from where we should be, with modern day slave labor still occuring in the prison […]
Category: systems
How Will You Show Up Today?
At the top of my computer monitor, on a piece of white artist’s tape, I’ve written “How will you show up today?” It’s a reminder that everything I do is a choice. I can choose to slack off, or work with focus and intention. I can choose to show up […]
Systems of a Downer
Major system fail yesterday, in that I completely forgot about an event I was hoping to go to. I didn’t put it on my calendar, and if it doesn’t exist on my calendar, it doesn’t exist. The quicker you realize that you’re not perfect and that you’re a messy human […]
Get Some Rest
I can tell when I’m reaching my limits when there’s a shift in my mood. No longer do I think about empathy for the other party – it’s generally annoyance and the low-grade urge to tell others how stupid they are. No longer do I trust the world at large, […]
Do You Like It?
When making decisions, in most business cases, whether or not you like something is not a good basis to make a decision from. The sad thing is that this is often exactly how we make decisions. What coffee do you buy for the office? Well I like tea and don’t […]
Is Your Mind Already Made Up?
I’ve seen too many instances when a leader asks for feedback, but their mind has already been made. Or if they haven’t already made up their mind, they’re still open to overruling the opinion of others. A very public example of this is when a British National Environmental Research Council […]
Consolation Regrets
Last weekend I got up early to try and buy something that was highly limited, highly coveted, and would likely sell out within minutes. My first option sold out before I could enter in my address at checkout, my second option sold out as I was trying to enter in […]
What Do You Value?
Do you value individual contributors, or collaboration? Do you value people fitting in, or people belonging? Do you value integrity, or “whatever it takes”? Do you value sustainability growth, or does only the short term matter? Do you value doing what’s right, or doing what’s right for you? Act accordingly.
Systems Over Solo
I used to subscribe to the notion that I was bad with birthdays. I told myself the story that I was often too busy, too distracted building things to remember all of the birthdays of my friends and family. This became a harmful spiral that led to behavior that reinforced […]