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Seduced by Solutions. It’s Easy to be Captivated by the Passion, but Remember to Think for Yourself.
Making Time for Understanding…
I was chatting with a friend this week, the former co-lead with me of the Impact Circle we ran together for many years. We were reflecting on one of the final sessions we led for the group, some content I’m considering rolling out on a wider basis, and I wanted to get her feedback on what had stayed with her and what she might change, looking back.
She was telling me how she’d loved that we’d looked in a different direction to some of the incredible presentations that we’d facilitated over the years,
It’s very cool when we bring people in to talk about what they’re doing, but nothing changes inside us unless we understand why and how.
I know this, of course, which is why most of my work is focused on deepening understanding rather than sharing knowledge.
Even so, it’s so easy to be seduced by cool solutions; passionate people doing interesting things — who doesn’t love that?! And to want to emulate what they do, especially in times like these when we reach for experts to tell us the best things to do, and not do.
Those shiny projects are captivating, exciting, I know that; but fashions are fickle…
