Given the scenario, the stage. Given my perspective, the lens. Given the views of others, the additional facts. Given the best outcome, the ideal. Given my role, the choice. Making the most of it.

Do you ever find yourself joyously jump in a waterfall in the middle of Bali? Only to find moments later that you are filled with adrenaline as a small worm like creature is discovered on your hand and ankles: a leech. You win some you lose some. This is day 149.

If people more often quit managers not jobs what emphasis does that put on culture? Or on conflict resolution? And establishing paths for escalation and acceptable norms?

After seeing more of it you think, the world is a bit smaller than I thought. Not in a disappointing kind of way. But in a charming kind of way. In a, we’re more connected then I thought kind of way.

The story you paint in your head isn’t the real one. Lay the brush of premonition to rest. Experience stretching the canvas. And from there, create.