Being wrong, evolving ideas, and calling out your own B.S.
Why keeping it real is the only move.
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I cringe thinking back to some of the stuff I’ve posted on here. The ideas I supported. The hills I died on. The out-of-touch strategies I helped to propagate.
So it goes. That shouldn't stop as long as I continue to evolve the way I look at the world's I work and play in.
If you’re not palm-facing the stuff you once thought mattered you’re stagnant. Within the context of posting-on-LinkedIn-so-people-like-you-and-want-to-pay-you-money-for-your-thing, I’d argue that stagnation = fraudster. It’s at least a red flag.
Because things change. We all know this. Not evolving your perspective can only mean a couple of things: you're ignorant of what’s changing around you, or those changes mean that your schtick is no longer relevant—and digging into the same tired narrative is your attempt to save what’s left.
That can’t be good for business or self. It must be exhausting.
It’s helpful to call bullshit on your own ideas on a regular basis. Try it. Better yet, tell others when you do. It displays objectiveness, curiosity, and humility.
To put a bow on it, detaching from being right helps others trust that you’ll always keep it real with them.
And keeping it real is the least we can do.