If you really want to identify waste in what you do, have someone observe what you do. Of course, be mindful of the Observer Effect. You’ll be surprised what is plain as day to someone else but that you’d never suggest yourself. The key will be to prepare yourself to hear things that you don’t want to hear. It’s normal…
Category: Meaningful Management
Wasting time is normal
Every day we do things that we shouldn’t do. We sign in to facebook and share a story that we didn’t read. We keep track of ideas that we’ll never get to. We rewrite what we write because we don’t think it is good enough. We think we need to make complete lists, like this one I’m making right now.…
Stop putting up signs
We like to think that rules are all we need to have a functioning society and that if we simply put up signs, with the rules, that people will obey them. And if people don’t, well then, there was a sign, so shame on them. But, if you ever watch people, for the most part they don’t look at signs…
Who should change?
When something is bothering you, and you assess your options to deal with it, don’t forget to consider what you can do about it. All too often we look at options for how others can fix the situation and we overlook the ways in which we can fix it without the help of anyone else. For example, say someone is…
Petty morality is the reason you’re not happy
If you let go of right and wrong life becomes much easier to deal with, and much happier. I’m not saying that you never shun certain behaviors, but if you understand the fluidity of morality, you see that in most situations you don’t have to get worked up anymore over petty things. You can simply change your beliefs, in real…
Being happy, without compromising, when you don’t get your way
Liking is familiarity. You might think that liking is out of your control but that’s not true. You like what you’re familiar with. So, if you don’t like something you just need to give yourself time to get to know it. Liking or disliking is of course linked to the valence of the experience. Was it good or bad? In…
The Power of Choosing to Be Wrong
I wrote a short article about a topic near and dear to me: https://gooroo.io/GoorooTHINK/Article/16955/The-Power-of-Choosing-to-Be-Wrong