I’ve worked with plenty of people who are deeply invested in being perceived as “right.” I’ve worked with only a few who are deeply interested in GETTING it right.
I prefer the second over the first, hands down.
Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha
Musings and books from a grunty overthinker
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Yes! And it’s funny how much hard work they will put into being perceived as right when their efforts would go so much farther in getting it right.
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We live and die by the narratives we tell ourselves. Nowhere is it more apparent than in Derren Brown’s mentalism. 🙂
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And how damn irritating it is when you’ve spent ages getting it right to come up against someone who must be perceived to be right
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Agree! REALLY damn irritating, lol!
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How do you get something right?
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Study yourself over time with brutal honesty and deduce what your true intent is. Then run an experiment with the best strategy you can formulate. Adjust according to evidence.
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If at first you don’t succeed — do it like mom instructed in the first place.
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Indeed! You said it more concisely, lol!
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Yes! I truly wish the latter were in more abundance!
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It would fix a LOT of things… 🙂
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Agreed!
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More now than ever.
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