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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When you are stuck repeating a choice you know is not working, what finally made you see it differently?”
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It's the littlest thing . .
So this happened. . . How would you relate? I recently purchased new kitchen appliances (yay me!). They were delivered today. Prior to their arrival, I had been sitting with a range of emotional states (from joy to fear to contentment, etc.) and body sensation that kept me... "You know, there are 13 ways of doing anything. 11 of them will work. Just pick one and do it.”
Dennis Hightower, who at the time was head of Disney International. He asked me why I wasn’t doing something, and I responded by explaining the pros and cons of two different ways of doing it. Thoughtfully, he replied “You know, there are 13 ways of doing anything.... How much stock do you put in the concept of only taking advice from people that have the kind of life or [insert x quality/trait] that you also want?... - nat...
@blasomenessphemy had started a Flow Session with this question and it has stayed with me: "What if you risk acceptance?" That’s what came to mind regarding the 10-month evaluation and making decisions to prevent future heartbreak, etc.... in terms of leaning into disagreement—the secret service fucked up, but whether or not someone should be fired is super context dependent. I’m reminded of this classic story of the salesman who lost a million dollar deal at IBM, trying to resign, and his boss saying "Why would I... - renee...
Navigating Buying or Walking
For those of you who are good at saving your money. 💰 What inspires you to not buy? Say you’re in a store or online and you see something cool. What do you do? What are your criteria for buying or walking away?... What about appropriate, accurate stakes? I know a lot of people that approach things as lower stakes than they actually are (ie their expectation of how important the outcome is vs how much it actually does impact them).... - dave...
And from where I’m sitting, I can really relate! I often struggle to plant a flag for some direction or idea that I’m confident in and have expertise around.... - xander...
When I’m shopping, whether I’d enjoy having something doesn’t really factor into whether I buy it, my thinking tends to be more pragmatic and I often delay (often unnecessarily) making the purchase.... I think I agree with the spirit of what you're saying. I just want to add that it's possible to frame creative thinking as the "explore" side of the explore/exploit dynamic. And by its nature, exploring is going to appear less worthwhile than exploiting by most metrics.... I think one aspect of ease is, this future you're pointing at wants us "all in". It doesn't seem to gel well with any amount of "one foot out the door". I think, "but what will I lose?" when I stay on the fence.... - kenofearth...
Granted, but when ideas conflict, evidence is partial, and stakes are real; when under uncertainties, instabilities, time and performance imperative pressures, especially affecting from narrowly scoped and domained interests with power, clarities so often have stowaway costs,... - wilfredtr...