The value of validation

The value of validation

Of course, it’s good to make up our own mind about whether something we’re doing is right or not. Nevertheless, a bit of external validation is still very welcome. We can seek it out ourselves, for our own needs. But what about other people—those we have reason to...
Do you fight your influences?

Do you fight your influences?

That might seem a strange question, but think about it: Do you resist the learning which comes from your influences? Actually, I think, most of us do. Because influence means change, and change means discomfort for our ego, we tend to push back on ideas that...
Changing what you know

Changing what you know

… as opposed to what you know about. It’s one thing to know about something, quite another to know a subject and be able to deploy it in life. Unless you can do (or be) something, you don’t know it, not really. There’s a world of a difference between...