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I've been drilling into my kids' heads that far too many people think they are the smart ones by being the naysayers and by saying something won't work. It's la
by ping_pong 5y ago
I've been drilling into my kids' heads that far too many people think they are the smart ones by being the naysayers and by saying something won't work. It's lazy and it's useless. It's easy to pooh-pooh an idea and point out its flaws.
The smart and effective people are the ones who say "How can we get this to work?" That takes creativity and thoughtfulness. I have indoctrinated my kids to say "How can we get this to work" instead. I hope it takes hold as they grow older.
- joshschreuder 5y agoI agree and like your philosophy, but it is also a bit of a trade off. There are lots of situations where spending time trying to make things work where you think they otherwise wouldn’t can waste time or cause further damage (like relationships). This is not me trying to say “that won’t work” :)
- hutzlibu 5y agoIt is all about the right balance. Also, there many things we "could make work" with a lot of effort, but mostly it is about finding a way to achieve better results with less effort.
- jjav 5y agoBut blindly following a "let's make it work" approach just leads to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg An expert "That Can't Work" early saves a lot of time.
- naveen99 5y agoFunny video, but just for fun: you could write the words “red line” with blue ink and use carbon paper with no or transparent ink. Also you could draw 7 perpendicular functions on 7 lines... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogonal_functions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogonal_functions A lot of these debates about interpersonal issues come down to personality differences of Jung types.