I understand, I'm a liability
Projects are how we change the world.
Five elements make up a project.
We still need unbound time (creativity) and we still have tasks to do. These are not projects.
(Notes from: Get It Done: Complete Projects that Matter with Seth Godin)
Why leaders should always listen first and speak last
Leaders should listen, be mindful, have empathy, and not have a know-it-all mentality. Leaders should speak last. There’s nothing new in this article because it’s how people should be treated no matter who they are. Yet, after decades/centuries, people still don’t hear that.
There’s a lot of business, media, self-help professionals in the world. We can call them “secular prophets”. They speak of ways to live life in a “troubled world” with “unprecedented happenings” whether it’s pre/post-COVID. There is, in general, one path these prophets take: wanting the Fruits of the Spirit without the Spirit. They preach what Jesus preaches without mentioning him. They want the ways of God without God, the fruit without a tree.
What these prophets say is important and true but they leave out the source. And without that source what they say falls short. There is still division among the people, pride of who is in charge, no cooperation. It is artificial fruit because it doesn’t come from a tree. It tastes similar but the nutrients are missing.
Humans are more than the sum total of their projects accomplished. Running an infinite game may be a good mindset but not thinking there is infinite growth when there’s finite resources.
What we can do is take the expounded ideas and graft them into the tree to bring them to fruition.