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What hypothesis do you want to test? What’s useful data to gather? How can you reduce the risk? What’s the smallest Experiment?
What series of Experiments could you string together into a Practice? What has a degree of repetition to it but still keeps you gathering data and learning?
“Originality is just unacknowledged plagiarism.”
we’re the sum of the five people we’re closest to. Our weight, our wealth, our ambition... it’s the average of their weight, wealth, ambition, and so on.
It’s not only who travels with you on the journey, it’s also about who you choose to leave behind. Who in your life wants you to stay unchanging? Who takes more than they give? Who in your life sows seeds of doubt? Who has betrayed you and may betray you again? Whose idea of you is historical, rather than future facing? Who stains you with the worst thing you’ve done, rather than reminds you of the best you can be? Who triggers the worst in you, or at least the less than great? Who contributes to you being numb? Who contributes to you being afraid? Who colludes with you not stepping towards
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Warrior Who has your back? Who will stand by your side? Who will step forward and hold the line? Who can help you name and channel your anger, frustration, and sadness? Who is fired with purpose? Who is fierce?
Healer/Lover Who brings you gentleness? Who offers you encouragement? Who provides sanctuary? Who is unconditional? Who can help you name and channel grace and generosity and acceptance?
Teacher/Magician Who brings you insight? Who creates space for reflection? Who points out what you’re missing? Who breaks you open? Who can help you name and channel curiosity, a hunger to learn, a beginner’s mind?
Visionary/Ruler Who stretches your ambition? Who holds up great things for you? Who role-models courage and vision? Who demands better of you? Who can help you name and channel ambition, strategy, courage, a wide horizon?
the Trickster. Forget the Trickster at your peril... Who teases you, provokes you, challenges you, mocks you? Who doesn’t show you the respect you think you deserve? Who disrupts the comfortable path? Who causes chaos when you want order? Who turns things upside down? Who makes light of what’s heavy and dark?
