Category Archive: Change

Don’t Lie About AI

The cruelest AI strategy is false assurance.

People know AI will eliminate jobs.

Telling people, “Artificial intelligence won’t replace you,” destroys trust. And you look manipulative.

How to Lead Through AI Disruption

Average Ideas Are Dangerous

The danger of average ideas is they work.

“The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.” G.K. Chesterton

Old dogs don’t learn when they can’t unlearn.

Average ideas are safe. It’s scary to embrace new ways of thinking.

We desire change but refuse to let go.

Discernment or Gullibility

Gullibility undermines satisfaction. When you lack discernment, manipulators run your life.

Overcome gullibility when people share their ideas. Often their ideas are job assignments for you. When that happens, tell them you already have a job. Ask, “How can you give life to that idea?”

Discernment navigates the tension between change and stability.

3 Practices to Change Trajectory

Life has trajectory. Sometimes it feels like your feet are tangled in the sheets. It doesn’t help to feel defeated because the present is disappointing.

We always live with feelings of “not yet” and “not there.”

3 Practices Change Life’s Trajectory

Big Change is Easier than Small

Big change is easier than small. Gradual change prolongs distress when situations are painful.

A hard “no” is easier than “maybe.” Decisive transitions draw a line. Gradual changes creates complexity.

Big change simplifies life when refusal is required.

Bold moves create clear breaks.

Here’s when big change is easier than small…

Don’t Listen to the Change Fairy

Don’t expect the person who needs to change to change.

In the real world, people who need to grow the least end up changing the most.

You’re open. You care. You’re flexible. You’re the perfect candidate to contort yourself into a box to accommodate Mr. Status Quo.