Where we have a blind spot, our perception fails us, and our imagination or habit dutifully fills in gaps. Sometimes, a friend points out what we have not been seeing, and we can learn to look and see differently. But this won’t work, if listening is another one of our blind spots.
Can great courage be built from little? As a small instance of courage—a “little courage”—I imagine inserting just a thin sliver of time between a stimulus and what comes next. This allows what was an immediate, habitual reaction to be replaced by a response, now mediated by the narrow wedge of a moment’s pause. Many times, our […]
Photo: davco9200 Your “power band” is where you’re most effective. Maybe you can alphabetize the files, but with that Ph.D. in Information Architecture, maybe that’s not the best use of your talents. Or maybe you could teach college students, but you shine with middle schoolers. Or maybe you know you can help people solve their problems […]