THE DAILY SPARK

OUTGROW…

All the greatest and most important problems of life are fundamentally insoluble…. They can never be solved, but only outgrown….      

Source: Collected Works of C.G. Jung

REFLECTION:

  • What insoluble problems are you facing now?
  • Are you looking for a recipe to fix a life problem… Want to have it figured out…have answers and action steps?
  • What if this dilemma is calling you to grow?
  • Is there an important life problem that you realize you have outgrown?  What is it? Can it serve as a model for you going forward?

LUCK…

Luck isn’t a gift box that is placed in front of your door.  Luck is a train that goes by and never stops.  The “lucky ones” are those who know how to reach out and grab hold of a car and take this moving train.  There are always trains that pass us by…

Quote from FEMME DE CHAMPAGNE by Carol Duval-Leroy

REFLECTION:

  • Do you think others are just “lucky ones”?
  • Do you think luck should just be placed at your front door?
  • If luck is grabbing on to a moving train, what train do you want to grab onto?

PREFERENCE AND UTILITY

Taste varies.  That’s why we don’t call it utility.  Taste is individual preference, not absolute truth.  In team settings, then it’s much more helpful to say,”I prefer this over that,” instead of, “this is wrong.”  Some things are wrong.  There are standards that we can all accept when it comes to utility, efficiency and even beauty.  Your authority doesn’t lie in your ability to be the sole arbiter of an accepted constant.  Instead, we’re listening to hear about your personal preferences.  When we try to turn our taste into a universal standard, we shut down the creators around. 

FROM:  Seth Godin’s Daily Blog

REFLECTION:

  • Do you tend to think you have the “right” answer?  Things should be done “your way because it is ‘better’.
  • Recognizing this shuts down the creative spark, how can you shift … alter the words you offer to another?
  • Try saying… “I prefer this over that” and see what happens.