Month: March 2023

It’s clear that even in its early stage Chat GPT will likely ruin lazy content creating.

While GPT could write this very blog post, GPT doesn’t understand why it would write a blog post to begin with.

The reason is the transfer of emotion.

It’s possible that a Tweet might do that but it isn’t likely. And the same can be said about a piece of art from Dall-E 2. But more often, a transfer of emotion begins with the story each of us tells ourselves about the world. AI while an important tool doesn’t move us the way a human can.

When a small child asks a question, they assume the adult knows the correct answer.

Is that why we pretend to know how the world works because someone asked us the question to begin with?

Feeling cheated doesn’t give people the right to release themselves from their obligations.

The professional follows through on their promise regardless of how they feel. The amateur, however, finds a reason to walk away.

There is no upside to throwing the first pitch in a baseball game. It is the same with the NBA Slam Dunk Contests.

If you do well, no one cares.

If you mess up, everyone will laugh and post it on Instagram.

So, why do people keep doing it?

Because it is a privilege. It is a story people can tell. It is for people who are measuring something else other than popularity.

The question that is worth asking is: If you knew you were to fail, would you still do it?

We spend so much time trying to change the exterior forces of our life. Finding a new job, getting a business off the ground, making more money, losing ten pounds, etc. The results is the juice we all want and we convince ourselves then we will be happy. But what we should be focused on is process. When we change the behaviors inside ourselves often the results begin to follow.

Having a democratic process is great when electing leaders or when communities need to decide on policy.

These same structures can be in the way of creative work.

Because everyone has an opinion on the name, the logo, and how the business should run. Apple seems like a terrible name for a computer company but it works.

So, you need to decide if is this worth voting on or if is it better to pick something that you will be proud of. Those two things are sometimes the same things but often they are not. You can be waiting a long time on Step 1 when you should actually be on Step 7.

Are you holding on tight because you are scared to let go?

What would happen if you did?

William Faulkner (popularized by Stephen King) said, “Kill your darlings.”

The beauty of letting go is that you get to start the next thing.

And the next thing might be your greatest hit.

It’s easy to identify the captain of a ship. Much more difficult to identify who is responsible for the Customer Service Department for American Airlines.

Anonymous works wonders for Valentines Day cards. Not so much when we are trying to put a face to the person on the other line.

If you are going to lead, we need to see your face.

“Where are you going?” is a good question to ask. But the real power is deciding when.

Acceptability is the key here. When talking with Risk Managers, you can see the reaction when we talk about teenagers climbing outdoors for Pivot Adventure. Yet, we are perfectly okay with accepting the risk of torn ACLs playing soccer. We play football despite the ever-growing amount of evidence it causes brain injury.

We accept what we understand. We cringe at what we don’t.

At some point, we must ask what kind of risk are we willing to accept in order to help teens not die by suicide.

Everything involves risk. That is what is part of being alive. We are all in.

/rant