The signal and the noise

There will always be noise being made when you are making change happen.

Someone from somewhere will be upset in some tower.

But no matter.

What you are chasing is the signal.

Some think this is where creativity is born.

I think this is where we go to make something out of nothing.

To build the future

We make the future.

At least we believe we do.

As a result, it shifts our power into our hands.

When you have power, you also must handle the responsibility.

Responsibility is a delegate thing.

Some run away from that.

Others will run with it.

Negative emotions is a symptom of broken expectations

I’m sad because I was expecting something else.

I’m disappointed because how my boss treated me. I though we had a better relationship than this.

I’m annoyed at the how slow the check out person is at Costco. After all I have a game to catch.

You get the point. Expectations are the killer of joy.

Meaning, value, and story

Everything has meaning once we assign a value to it.

Everything has value once we tell a story.

And if we don’t care, it simply means we haven’t found a story that creates value which in term makes something meaningful.

In other words, meaning comes from value. Value comes from a story.

(Something with no meaning doesn’t have any value to that person either. But that doesn’t mean everyone agrees.)

One benefit to forgiving others

If we are quick to forgive, we also avoid future problems.

Meaning, when you feel like you are through with someone whoever you replace them with also comes with more baggage.

Inheriting a whole new set of problems isn’t the solution.

The grass isn’t always greener.

Perhaps, your emotional energy is better spent actually solving the problem in front of you instead of seeking a new one to solve.