A record of the delightful pieces I am consuming
From here:
Think of the last time a friend or a partner truly “got” you. It likely wasn’t when they were nodding along. It was likely the moment they pushed back, honestly and warmly, on the story you were telling yourself. Maybe they said: “I hear how much that hurt, but is it possible that you’ve left your own role in this completely out of the narrative?”
That sting you feel in that moment? That’s what insight feels like.
“Supporting love of the job means creating conditions where enjoyment, commitment, and connection can develop organically through meaningful work, supportive leadership, and healthy job design. Love of the job does not replace good management; it depends on it.”
From here.
For senior leaders, this matters. The conversations that feel least exciting on your calendar may be the ones where trust is built, early warning signs surface, and unexpected ideas emerge. When leaders mentally disengage from conversations that sound uninteresting, they risk missing information, signaling disinterest, and weakening relationships.
Taken at the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla.
“Sitcom about the Robinsons, a family from south London who have all “done quite well”, apart from the youngest, Ed, who is recently divorced and doing a job he hates.”
Binge watched it on Kanopy.
From here:
What it means for the people who want your vote
Simple, and they won’t like it. You work for us now, not the other way around. You don’t get to stand on a stage and hand us a better life like a gift, or lecture us on what we should be doing when much of what we need you could give with the flick of a pen. You’re not the hero of this story. You’re how it gets done, or you’re in the way of it. You’re only a hero if we say so.
So when one of them asks what we want, tell them plain. Deliver the real thing where we can see it, jobs and homes and care, in our actual towns and not in a press release or a promise that never comes true. Stand in front of the people who are under attack instead of staying on the sidelines. More of us with a vote and a voice, not less. Anybody working to take that away from people is an enemy of democracy, and we name them. And know that we don’t disappear after we vote for you. We stay organized. We keep score. We’re the reason you win and the reason you lose. We govern with you, and we both come out better for it, or you don’t govern at all.
