We’ve been blindsided by two hype-bubbles in the last 10 years.Do pop over to Steve's blog. As a professional musician and lover of the theater his perspective is often quite wonderful.
One of the many lessons we should have learned: If something looks wrong/fake/ overblown/disingenuous/hyperbolic/ exaggerated/too-good-to-be-true … it probably is.
So, if something looks fishy, smells fishy and/or tastes fishy, call it a fish.
If you see a big purple elephant on the table, don’t look around it, call it a big purple elephant.
One very important piece of recalibrating your approach to business in this post-hype-bubble world is to question assumptions, question prevailing attitudes, question things that just don’t seem right.
In 1971 Pete Townshend wrote and Roger Daltry sang, "We Won’t Get Fooled Again." Want to sing the same song 38 years later? When you see the truth, say the truth.
Being is the essence out of which all things evolve. This blog is an ongoing conversation of being in various facets and areas of life, including the personal and the professional from which relationships of all kinds are formed and teams built in all communities, virtual or real, at home, at work, in politics and at play.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Being Truthful II
Steve Yastrow wrote an excellent post this morning. Although it's about business, the lessons in this post are life-lessons done beautifully and largely applicable. Here is the post:
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2 comments:
sometimes we only realize things in hindsight....
Very true, Meena.
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