Thursday, October 22, 2020

Not Good Enough

When the default is to work full-time for one company, that becomes the container into which we direct most of our energy. I think you get a maximum 4-6 hours a day of really good quality creativity. Where you dig deep into the unique path that has led you to where you are, and connect interesting dots of the paths that have led everyone else to you. The values of the container matter. Lots of businesses, communities and containers discuss “Values” to create an inspirational glue for team members. Often it is platitudes like Excellence and Accountability. That can be a hubris factory. Creating, and sustaining, the idea that those in the container are better than those outside the container. Schadenfreude in the failure of others, and a lack of genuine self-reflection as you defend the illusion of superiority. It is dangerous to categorise others into “good enough” and “not good enough”. We seldom have a complete picture of the story of others. The ability to see them. Relative thinking and comparison is often just a reflection of the voices in the heads of those doing the judging. The voices telling them they, themselves, are not good enough.



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