by Rick Baker
On Jun 23, 2014
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Most of us have heard the proverb "Physician heal thyself."
The moral of the proverb is fix your own defects before you criticize other people's defects.
And the essence of this and other similar proverbs is constructive criticism is an oxymoron.
Constructive criticism is an oxymoron: that's a rule to live by.
by Rick Baker
On Jun 22, 2014
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
That's what you can expect from a good liar with bad hand-writing.
by Rick Baker
On Jun 20, 2014
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Human beings are biased creatures. Our minds are geared to recognize patterns and, sometimes, our minds jump to conclusions. As one example, this happens when we accurately identify a piece of information but conclude, inaccurately, it is part of a certain pattern. In common words, we call that "jumping to conclusions."
When we jump to conclusions we use one piece of information to reach an inaccurate conclusion.
This was a real benefit in prehistoric times...jumping to conclusions saved lives.
In business, often, jumping to conclusions is more problem than benefit.
Sometimes, when we jump to conclusions, we also try to foist our inaccurate conclusions on others. If we happen to be a leader who does this then an ounce of our jumping to conclusions can offset a pound of followers' objections...and this, over time, kills followers' spirit.
[That's the reality of position power.]