Mastodawn

We'd like to think rights are inviolable, but they are fragile and borne of stability and surplus. When those are threatened, people get more casual with what they'll do for others.

Also, the very notion of annual meetings has an inappropriate stability baked in. Climate is accelerating, which means the pace of its wrath is not synchronized to budget cycles or the Earth's leisurely path around the sun.

At this point, the very notion of an annual meeting about climate is a statement of denial. It is essential to meet as often and for as long as is needed to get serious action. It may be uncomfortable for representatives to ask there host nation or company for resources or calendar time, itself the most precious resource, but if those entities are not up to feeling uncomfortable in service of something larger, then THAT is the key obstacle and the smoking gun of denialism.

Climate change should be making us uncomfortable. It promises much worse than that, and soon. Discomfort helps to set priorities properly. Smoothing over discomfort admits the acceptability of status quo priorities.

Ask for semi-annual meetings or the right to variable lengths of time to get real points across and obtain serious commitment.

Survival of the species is on the line, and too many places in the world are hierarchically arranged so that that will be managed by herd thinning in vain hope that's enough to let our most affluent survive at the expense of others. In other words, kindness and human rights will be the first casualties of a society structured to preserve its sociopathic leaders at all costs.

And, saddest of all, when the rest are gone, the sociopaths will realize they haven't the skill to do much of anything necessary even for survival, and then they will be gone, too. If I thought we were focused on preserving at least our kindest, or smartest, or hardest working people, I might have hope in this regard. But the ones with the bunkers are none of these things, nor will they be able to keep those bunkers in working order long enough for the planet to recover and humanity to thrive again.

#climate #ClimateDenial #HumanRights #AnnualMeeting #AnnualMeetings #collapse #extinction #budgets #civilization #civilisation #society #discomfort #surplus #stability

The Rebuild Doctrine Apr 16

People will spend years avoiding discomfort…

Then wonder why nothing ever changes.

👉 https://therebuilddoctrine.com/

#Growth #Discomfort #LevelUp #TheRebuildDoctrine #NoMoreExcuses #Discipline

y Apr 14

you say we must each

you say we must each
be willing to flex a little
so that neither you
nor i become routinely
stuck in our discomfort
zone, perhaps
that is another way
of loving, cadenced
surrenders that can
reverberate like joy
.
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#cadenced #dailyPost #discomfort #discomfortZone #flex #giveAndTake #inRelationship #joy #loving #poem #poetry #postaday #preferences #relationship #reverberate #routine #stretch #stuck #surrender #wayOfLoving #willing #zone

radish

dreaming… a random bit ** in the ending of The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenges from WordPress, here’s your Sunday Weekly Photo Prompt: travel ** medicine buddha mantra: Tay…

yi-ching lin photography

mel Apr 5

#anxiety #fear #stress

"In terms of finding ways to feel better in the short term, there are interventions that are relatively nonharming or completely nonharming. They’re going to help the #body feel a little bit more comfortable. They’re going to help the #nervous system get recalibrated. But other interventions are going to cause a whole other set of problems. Which doesn’t mean that we can never do them. So if it’s watching TV, because that feels like it’s helping us chill out, fine.

But when that becomes the go-to mechanism for self-soothing, it interrupts the opportunity to stay with the initial #discomfort and begin to investigate it. And that’s basically a setup for #addiction."

https://tricyclemag.substack.com/p/anxiety-is-a-message-from-your-psyche

Anxiety Is a Message from Your Psyche

Buddhist psychotherapist Pilar Jennings on defusing anxiety through curiosity, compassion, and staying with the body

Tricycle: Another Way to Live

Psyche Bubbles Mental Health Apr 1

Sometimes people are not comfortable receiving compliments

https://youtube.com/shorts/Upy_goES0_A?si=vMmag4X86e3PGhIt

#mentalhealth #compliment #discomfort

Reupload: At times we can't handle compliments#mentalhealth #mentalhealthanimation #education

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Futurist Jim Carroll Mar 31

"Never let your fear be the barrier to your future!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
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When I walked out of my corporate job 36 years ago, I was terrified.

I didn’t yet have a mortgage, but my wife and I were newly married and planned to get one soon! I had no certainty that my idea of going freelance would work, and I was pretty scared I might fail. All the while, I was reminding myself that while my career path inside a big global firm was “stable” on paper, I was miserable every single moment.

I had to get out, but my fear told me to stay.

Looking back, I now realize that confronting my fear is a natural part of my career pivot.

Throughout this time, I also learned that fear was often a guiding and prevalent issue within my client base when my solo career pivoted from a pure technology focus to innovation & the future.

Innovation? I’ve regularly seen that the biggest obstacle to innovation isn’t a lack of budget or lack of ideas; it’s the collective fear of the unknown.

Trends? When it comes to the future, I’ve learned that vast numbers of people live in fear of what it represents.

But here’s what I also know: the Infinite Pivot requires you to acknowledge the fear, but refuse to let it take hold of your future.---

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Futurist Jim Carroll knows that too many people see the future as a threat, not as an opportunity - because of their fear of what it represents.

#Fear #Courage #Barrier #Future #Pivot #Breakthrough #Risk #Discomfort #Innovation

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/03/decoding-tomorrow-the-infinite-pivot-series-5-never-let-your-fear-be-the-barrier-to-your-future/

Decoding Tomorrow: The Infinite Pivot Series – #5: “Never let your fear be the barrier to your future!”

WIST Quotations Mar 24

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

When I find myself hotly defending something, when I am, in fact, zealous, it is time for me to step back and examine whatever it is that has me so hot under the collar. Do I think it’s going to threaten my comfortable rut? Make me change and grow? — and growing always causes growing pains. Am I afraid to ask questions?

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/828…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #change #discomfort #growth #questioning #rut #selfawareness #selfexamination #selfquestioning #statusquo #threat #zeal #zealotry

L'Engle, Madeleine - Speech (1983-11-16), "Dare To Be Creative," Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC | WIST Quotations

WIST Quotations

RevDrMatthewFox Mar 20

SkylarWilson: "Many are recognizing #discomfort isn't always a bad thing: it often means we're expanding our capacity for empathy. Thru bringing awareness to #injustice & systematic #hatred, we may find new ways of being, more nuanced & open to our togetherness in the #orderoflife."
#OrderOfTheSacredEarth bit.ly/4hkaVA6

Futurist Jim Carroll Mar 13

"Consistency is only a virtue if the path is still relevant." - Futurist Jim Carroll

Here's something you already know: doing the same old thing puts you on the road to the same old destination.

Keeping that in mind, here are some simple rules to avoid consistency:

Don’t wait for clarity because speed is the only certainty (we don't know where we're going, but we're making great time)

Don’t fear the pivot because the straight path is extinct (volatility is the new normal!)

Don’t ignore the rebels because they see what you’re missing (think about that one - you know it's true!)

Don’t rely on your history because it won’t write your future (legacy is a death sentence)

Don’t prioritize your process because the world prioritizes your progress (be creatively disorganized)

Don’t mistake activity for achievement because movement isn't always forward (invest in free time)

Don’t wait for clarity because speed is the only certainty (jump without knowing!)

Don’t fear the pivot because the straight path is extinct (change yourself already!)

Don’t seek the 'perfect' plan because agility beats perfection every time (you can't plan in a fast future)

Don’t build for today because tomorrow is already here (live forward...)

Don’t settle for the comfortable because growth only happens in discomfort (comfort zone stuff)

How do you do that?

Abandon the roadmap - it was made for a different time

Abandon your assumptions - because they are already anchors

Abandon the tried and true for new things

Abandon perfection because mistakes are your new knowledge opportunities

Abandon yesterday’s logic since it is now basically tomorrow's illogical foundation

Abandon the status quo because it's already obsolete

Abandon what you know to find what you don't know

Abandon the safe plan for the risky unknown

Abandon the analysis and go with your gut

Abandon what you've already done to find what you need to do next

What's the phrase we often hear? I heard it in a song yesterday while driving: "Today is only yesterday's tomorrow.' It's from Uriah Heep, a great 70s band.

Rethink it: "Tomorrow is yesterday's missed opportunity" if you don't change things up!

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Futurist Jim Carroll has seen many companies fail at innovation because consistency is central to their culture.

**#Consistency** **#Change** **#Pivot** **#Agility** **#Abandon** **#Rules** **#Future** **#Innovation** **#Rebels** **#Progress** **#Speed** **#Growth** **#Discomfort** **#Strategy** **#Movement** **#Tomorrow** **#Roadmap** **#Assumptions** **#Risk** **#Leadership** **#Transformation** **#Relevance** **#Logic** **#Action** **#Onwards**