Not with a bang, but with a yawn.
This post is a lightly-edited transcript of part of the recording of the Monday evening gathering of culture-nudgers. I’m sharing it because a lot of people are curious about the workings of the...
View ArticleTwo Ways to Make Your Language More Conducive to Growth Mindset
Growth mindset is a thing. You can read lots more about it elsewhere, including Mindset by Carol Dweck, which a 4.5 star rating with >500 reviews. I’m not here to explain in-depth what it is or why...
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Growing a Garden with a Broken Bodum
It didn’t occur to me to take the picture until after I cleaned up the broken glass. This post isn’t about gardens or bodums. It’s about thinking and mindset. Last July (~15 months ago) I had an...
View ArticleCycles of Breath and Feedback
Disclaimer: this was a very stream-of-consciousness post, tapping into something I had just learned when I wrote it, yesterday. I don’t necessarily think that what I suggest here makes sense for...
View ArticleAbstracting from Experience
A few weeks ago I was talking with a friend, Ruby, over skype. Our conversation drifted to letters one might send to one’s past self, from say 1-2 years ago. Aside from the obvious tip-off’s about...
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“What’s it like to be you?”
At burning man this year, I spent a day exploring that question, from the inside and from the outside. “What’s it like to be you?” I asked someone sitting at the Tea House at my camp. They said...
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A ritual to upgrade my Face
One of the easiest times to change your personality (to become less shy, for instance) is when you move somewhere new. Personalities are interfaces, so those who are familiar with you will have...
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Introducing the Cast (of Malcolm Ocean)
Hi! I’m Interface. You may remember me from A ritual to upgrade my Face. I’m the part of Malcolm that navigates most social situations, and represents the bulk of his personality. I also like...
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Towards being purpose-driven without fighting myself
Lots of more abstract writing in the works, but in the meantime, an update on my personal learning process: I’m currently working on shifting out of a meta-oscillation between being intensely...
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Laughter and Dominance: 5-year reflection on againstness training
It’s now been five years since I first attended a CFAR workshop. I wrote a 3-year retrospective 2 years ago. Today I want to reflect on one specific aspect of the workshop: the Againstness Training. In...
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