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These are great suggestions. It reminds me of the inversion technique that James Clear wrote so well about: https://jamesclear.com/inversion https://jamesclear.

These are great suggestions. It reminds me of the inversion technique that James Clear wrote so well about: https://jamesclear.com/inversion https://jamesclear.com/inversion My question is, what should I do when I'm on the not-receiving-recognition end? I've tried to think of ways of maybe giving myself positive feedback, etc. but haven't really fleshed it out yet. I'm basically in a situation where I don't want to give up the fight to succeed in my role, but it feels like all that is ever visible are my and my team's failures...

perl4ever 7y ago
"It reminds me of the inversion technique that James Clear wrote so well about: https://jamesclear.com/inversion" https://jamesclear.com/inversion" This seems to be vaguer than what I thought of before clicking on the link. I generally react to any proposition that seems compelling and obvious and motivational by asking myself "what if the opposite were true and how would one determine that?" If the opposite could be defended equally well, then the original statement doesn't mean much. Sometimes it seems to me like it's most of what people talk about. Instead of debating, perhaps it's best to just put it aside as non-productive. Apparently that's a subset?
- nefitty 7y ago
  I think inversion as a problem solving technique is valuable. It's not necessarily the only tool. For example, to bring it back to OP's article, I know I want to be a good manager but that leaves me with a very huge space of possibility and ambiguity. I can reign that in by inverting the problem, "What would I have to do to be a bad manager?" This bubbles up things like low transparency, lack of follow-through, chastising directs, etc. Now I have a clear list of things I definitely should not do and maybe work on if I realize I exhibit some of those negative behaviors.

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These are great suggestions. It reminds me of the inversion technique that James Clear wrote so well about: https://jamesclear.com/inversion https://jamesclear.

by nefitty 7y ago

perl4ever 7y ago
"It reminds me of the inversion technique that James Clear wrote so well about: https://jamesclear.com/inversion" https://jamesclear.com/inversion" This seems to be vaguer than what I thought of before clicking on the link. I generally react to any proposition that seems compelling and obvious and motivational by asking myself "what if the opposite were true and how would one determine that?" If the opposite could be defended equally well, then the original statement doesn't mean much. Sometimes it seems to me like it's most of what people talk about. Instead of debating, perhaps it's best to just put it aside as non-productive. Apparently that's a subset?
- nefitty 7y ago
  I think inversion as a problem solving technique is valuable. It's not necessarily the only tool. For example, to bring it back to OP's article, I know I want to be a good manager but that leaves me with a very huge space of possibility and ambiguity. I can reign that in by inverting the problem, "What would I have to do to be a bad manager?" This bubbles up things like low transparency, lack of follow-through, chastising directs, etc. Now I have a clear list of things I definitely should not do and maybe work on if I realize I exhibit some of those negative behaviors.