Once we absorb the realization that we’ve already changed, and that we’re actually doing pretty well despite major realignments in our lives, then we can think about how we want to take this amazing new tool and use it in a way that better serves our lives. In other words, we are right on time to give up techno-phobia and to tackle the problems and opportunities of the digital world with good sense, pragmatics, realism, and purpose. They give up their nostalgia for the “before” and then start to focus on now, on how we can make the tools and resources available to them as productive as possible. Fifteen years in is when people tend to start thinking about technological change in less fearful and more practical ways. We’re 15 years into something so paradigm-changing that we have not yet adjusted our institutions of learning, work, social life, and economic life to account for the massive change. Just had to share this little gem from Tara Barseghian’s MindShift blog post “How Do We Prepare Our Children for What’s Next?”: Stop assuming that the current situation is the best possible situation.įeel free to tell me how I’m doing with any of these at any time.Stop avoiding unpleasant conversations.Stop being vague when being direct would serve someone better.Stop explaining yourself to others unless they ask for an explanation.You will uncover more of the excellence that is already there.Ī few items from my personal Stop Doing list: Ask people who care about you to help you remind yourself when you do something on your stop doing list. Stop doing those things that interfere with your basic excellence. This isn’t a list of new behaviors to start. So, instead of making a list of new things you are going to do to improve, make a list of things you intend to stop doing. It is much easier to stop doing something old than it is to start doing something brand new. It is very possible that you are being hindered by something you are doing. If you aren’t as excellent as you believe you need to be, it probably isn’t because of something you aren’t doing. You have lots of habits that serve you well and carry you toward excellence. You have gifts, talents and abilities that people need, admire and respect. In fact, there’s a great deal about you that is pretty terrific. The idea is this: You aren’t a bad person. I have never had success intentionally adding a new behavior to my catalog of habitual acts and/or modes of thought.īut I came across an idea that needs sharing. For me, it simply isn’t possible to intentionally create a new habit from force of will and start on January 1 to make it clean start date. I think that’s great, but I don’t do New Year’s resolutions anymore. One has gone so far to post a pretty honest self-critique to Facebook in hopes of spurring personal change. Several of my friends are posting new years resolutions to Facebook. I love making lists and am constantly doing a mental self-inventory of things I might improve about myself. I’m pretty much made for the New Year’s experience. I like the whole self-reflection thing, and I’m a sucker for the idea that Things Are Going to Be Better Next Year. I’m one of those people who enjoys New Year’s Eve.
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