We all place a great deal of importance upon that which captivates. Is what captivates you what you want to be important?
Category: Meaningful Management
Don’t organize, search
Organization is often a waste of time, especially if you don’t know how–let alone if–you’ll ever come back to something. For example emails, don’t put them in carefully crafted folders, just hit archive and then search when you need to find something. How much time do you waste organizing things unnecessarily?
What do you want to see
Jonathan downloaded an app that tells us when there’s a crime happening nearby. At first it was interesting to hear about the crazy things that happen, like a report of someone being hit with a clock. How that works, I’m not sure. Yesterday we were at the park walking Pax, she was looking for squirrels but sadly found none. Nonetheless…
Competition is a good thing
A specious inclination is to assume that competition is a bad thing. To assume that you shouldn’t bother with your idea because someone else has already tried it or is doing it. The reality is, competition means there is a market. So, competition can be a good thing. Without out it you might be heading into unchartered territory which often leads…
Tell yourself no
One common hindrance to working out is when your mind says no even though your body is perfectly capable. And I’m not even talking about taking risks. Often the mind says no to attempting one more rep or five more degrees in a squat. And it’s not just the gym, the mind unnecessarily says no all the time. For example,…
Try resolutions you don’t like to find cause
When problem-solving, especially alone, if you’re stuck you should try looking at resolutions you don’t like. What biases do you have? It is possible you’re avoiding wonderful tools to ascertain the cause of the problem simply because you don’t like those tools as a resolution to the problem. It’s plausible though, to use something you don’t like to find a…
All hypocrisy isn’t equal
It’s easy in life to find hypocrisy. Especially in politics when you are out to dismantle the opposition. People are inherently hypocritical, all of us, because each situation and individual’s perspective dictates what matters. We simply hold too many beliefs to reconcile all of them. For example, what is food versus a pet. We have no real reason to designate…
Don’t conflate finding cause with finding resolution
As I’ve mentioned it’s important to find cause before a resolution when problem-solving. Part of finding cause can easily appear as if it’s finding a resolution and that can be offputting to the point where people avoid a technique to find the cause because they don’t like the implications of it as a resolution. For example let’s say I have…
Cause before resolution
When something goes wrong we have a tendency to want to fix it as fast as possible. The human mind sees a problem as painful and any hint of resolution steals focus from finding the cause. By all means if a simple fix is ok because it’s not that important then have at it. For example, if somebody blocked my…
Problems don’t go unsolved
I’ve seen plenty of people stuck on problems but I’ve never encountered a problem worth solving that wasn’t eventually solved.