Alright, I tried these weeks in review a while. Like them. Five great things. Three not perfect. A lesson learned. Still. To stimulate my creativity, I need a little change-up now:
My "theme of the week." I nearly always have one. I write the latest question I'm pondering in my journal. Then I look for clues in my life. Last week's theme: men! Don't get too excited. I wasn't fanticizing...(I once read that 80% of the audience in any presentation are actually daydreaming about passionate encounters.)
I don't work as much with men any more. And as a result, I miss some of the natural friendships with men that evolve by communicating so often. In fact, I miss sometimes the challenge of needing to communicate more directly, which often seemed to be the case with men. Of course, that's just an unfounded perception on my part. Last week, a University of Arizona study (reported here by my beloved NPR) declared that men talk as much as women. The researchers sampled 396 students for two days to two weeks to confirm this. Mom, as you may recall from my recent posts, spent 30-some years with 10-year-olds to come to the same conclusion. I might argue with scientific theory, but not with Mom.
In learning science, we also note that women and men tend to learn better from the diversity of perspectives in mixed gender groups. For me, I just like being around both men and women. That can be a surprise to hear from a 44-year-old single, who has had her share of dates with men who talked only about themselves such that any woman listening would have been fine. ("My specific presence was not required," I sometimes have said in both real humour and exasperation.)
Then as life often does when I ponder, I talked with Mr. Ness about work and life, I met a new client contact Max for a truly enjoyable first lunch, I received e-mails from two former colleagues (Alastair and one especially good friend Jeff who has showed-up again after some years), and gained some good benchmarks from the experience of Johann. All in five days. A little pondering can go a long way sometimes.
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