• Growth & the Threshold Framework

    Growth doesn't move in straight lines

    Most of what's written about change assumes a line from confused to clear. It's not a line. It's a spiral, and going back to something you thought you'd already resolved isn't the work failing.

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  • Self-respect

    Self-respect is not arrogance. It's air.

    Each act of self-criticism takes away a little breath, a little strength, until you find yourself in a spiral of smallness. What self-respect actually is, and what it isn't.

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  • The Spiral

    The spiral needs a witness

    A thought left alone in your own head doesn't get tested. Said out loud to the right listener, the same thought often turns out less true than it felt.

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  • Leadership & transition

    What a restructure actually asks of you

    A restructure looks like a logistics problem on paper. In practice, it asks a much older, much harder question, and answering the wrong one is how people end up busy and still stuck.

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