A Quiet Reset – day 2
Day 2. Think AheadReminder: “Every small step adds up.” “Today, choose one thing to do that moves closer to the person you want to be.” Your future self will thank you. #Vision #Clarity #Goals #BetterEveryDay #SmallStepsBigChanges #Motivation #54321 #TheQuietReset
Intelligent people aren't blessed.
They're cursed with clarity.
While others blissfully regurgitate third-hand opinions over coffee machines, the intelligent sit silently. Watching your house of cards collapse in slow motion. They see every missing piece, every shortcut, every "good enough" buried under "we don't do perfection".
You call it overthinking, as you can't catch up.
They call it surviving the inevitable chaos you refuse to see.
They usually don't talk much.
Not because they're shy,
but because your noise hurts their logic.
You hired them to solve problems.
So let them finish.
Don't micromanage the mechanic fixing your brakes at 200km/h.
Give them space.
And watch them quietly drag your company into a future
you're not even equipped to imagine.
Painful brilliance produces systems that don't scream at 3am.
Let them work.
#Intelligence #Clarity #DeepThoughts #Leadership #CriticalThinking #SystemDesign #Innovation #LetThemWork #TechLeadership #QuietGenius #MicromanagementKills #FutureProof #BuildBetter
#EngineeringMindset #ProblemSolvers #TechCulture #ThinkDifferent #HighPerformance #SilentRevolution #BrillianceHurts
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
-- Niels Bohr
At least four people were killed and dozens injured during Russian drone strikes on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian authorities said.
T.S. Eliot: "Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality."
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Contemplating Eliot, and seeking the music of language in the works of T.S. Eliot, Nan Shepherd and Paul Klee for a new project.
#harpamystica #harpmystic #tseliot #nanshepherd #paulklee #angels #soul #Mysticism #surrealism #poetry #language #clarity #soulsearch
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"Decision fatigue? Simplicity overcomes complexity every time" - Futurist Jim Carroll
A shoutout to Christa Haberstock for giving me the idea!
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Each month, I do an email blast to the various speaker bureau folks who have booked me through the years - about 260 people at this point,.
With that being the case, I've come to keep my message - a key way of keeping them up to date - shorter and to the point..
Here's what I sent yesterday. It speaks for itself with powerful guidance that can apply to just about anything.
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Decision fatigue is real. Breaking through is what matters!
Let's talk about why clients can't make up their minds in 2025!
Noticed clients taking forever to pick speakers lately? It's not you - it's decision fatigue!
I remember seeing a post somewhere on LinkedIn recently that something like 1.5 million people have either 'speaker' or 'keynote speaker' in their profile - no wonder clients are feeling overwhelmed.
This is making it difficult for them to select a speaker - and this is combined with the decision fatigue they are already facing.
Decision Fatigue? What's that?
In my 30+ years of speaking about leadership and innovation, I've often shared insights with audiences about the issues people have with making decisions. Here's what I know - simply put, our brains get tired after making too many choices. Each decision uses mental energy, and eventually, we run out of gas. When we run out of gas, we do the easiest thing possible - we stop making decisions.
Recent studies highlight just how real this problem is:
One study suggests we spend 50% of our working day making decisions
- We make 100+ significant decisions daily, plus thousands of micro-choices (emails, word choices, etc.)
- Decision quality drops by up to 40% after making multiple back-to-back decisions
- 73% of professionals report postponing important decisions due to mental fatigue
I've also noticed that decision paralysis becomes significantly worse during periods of volatility.
Back in 2002, I identified what was happening in the meetings and events industry as what I called "aggressive indecision" - people simply refusing to commit to anything due to overwhelming uncertainty.
I think that's where we are at right now.
By the time they're looking at your speaker options, they've already made too many decisions that day. Their brain is basically saying, "Not another choice!"
No wonder they ghost you after initially seeming excited!
They make the decision easy by deferring it, avoiding it, and not thinking about it.
Here's how to make it easier for mentally drained clients - make it easy for them to make decisions.
#Decision #Fatigue #Simplicity #Choices #Focus #Clarity #Overwhelm #Efficiency #Leadership #Action
@PatternChaser My guidelines are (not consciously but consistently):
- #Clarity: be deliberate in my word choice
- #Calmness: don't raise my voice
- #Kindness: attempt to minimize violence in my communication
- #Curiosity: seek to understand
The latter three are challenging when shame or embarrassment is present. Finding a lot of this as a newly diagnosed autistic.
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