/** Enjoyed listening to this podcast here, both because it is interesting to hear about the qualitative nature of allocation but also because a point Mr. Klein makes is he was happy to see a manager have examples of what they are doing differently than last time, big and small things but specific and concrete, in their meetings. While this is a good framework in this specific setting, it speaks to a larger point even beyond self-improvement, something like self-iteration.
“I found this new channel of information and I’m incorporating it into my life, I didn’t before.”
“I realized that one of my behaviors I thought was constructive was actually destructive and I don’t do it anymore”
“I reflected on my (perspective, thoughts, beliefs) and now I realize that this specific issue is more (nuanced/simple) than I previously thought, and now I think about it differently”
A simple example is you bring alcohol consumption down from 3 drinks/day to 1 drink/day, or you start exercising every other day vs. every other week (using simple things that are generally construed as neutral/helpful in most scenarios).
More abstractly, an example might be that in a social setting, some people may be more honest and truthful about say, what you are wearing or say something controversial/inflammatory in response to something you said (this is vague but bear with me).
I’d wager you could either interpret this as
I wrote a ? after their fault because out of 100 discussions, of course 1+ occurs where the person making the point is crystal clear but the people you are talking to don’t understand, but not because they don’t know something, rather some level of close-mindedness or ego or false belief prevents them from understanding your perspective, EVEN if your perspective is wrong!
tl;dr It is good and encouraged to self-iterate. From birth to death, it’s a WIP. But this is not the same as thinking “whatever I have, it isn’t enough”, you can have “enough” and still be a WIP.
Cheers,
Vishal
Published on January 7, 2023.