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My company’s CEO spoke today. Some of us “drank the kool-aid” and others were less affected. Ever the idealist, I drank heavily. He gave a pretty good talk, laced with many of the issues and topics that I have been seriously considering over the past few months. I found myself surprisingly well prepared to engage with his points, in no small part because of the amount of preparation I did before I started work. His most interesting subject focused on enabling human potential. At a retreat with my company’s other CEO and its COO, the three decided that they share a passion for enabling human potential, whether that potential is observed in a sporting event, encouraged in a really effective work team, or realized by the impact my company can have on its clients.
He went on to list the three key factors he saw in realizing human potential:
1. Don’t externalize blame / take direct responsibility
2. View life through the lense of the future (set goals/visualize/etc
3. Eliminate Fear
I don’t know how much I agree with his list, but he presented it in a well enough thought out way. What is most important is that as he spoke, I realized that enabling human potential is what unites my interests as well. Everything I am passionate about is for this reason. All the subjects that I have been exploring haphazardly without being able to commit to any of them unite in this one place. Short list:
Tools for enabling Human Potential:
Complex Systems (esp. Emergence)
Genetics
Technology - especially User Interfaces/Experience, mobile technology, content management systems, business process systems
Meditation
Exercise / Nutrition
Backpacking (counting this as a combination of meditation and exercise/nutrition)
Motorcycle (potential for speed, also tool for meditation)
Psychology (especially as it pertains to cognition, learning, and leadership)
Leadership
Professional Development (readiness for job interviews, knowledge of possible career paths, etc)
I have been waiting for a long time to find the one thing that I can focus on and only now realize that what I need to do is focus on the intersection of my interests. So, I have resolved to begin to unite my interests under this new banner.
He went on to list the three key factors he saw in realizing human potential:
1. Don’t externalize blame / take direct responsibility
2. View life through the lense of the future (set goals/visualize/etc
3. Eliminate Fear
I don’t know how much I agree with his list, but he presented it in a well enough thought out way. What is most important is that as he spoke, I realized that enabling human potential is what unites my interests as well. Everything I am passionate about is for this reason. All the subjects that I have been exploring haphazardly without being able to commit to any of them unite in this one place. Short list:
Tools for enabling Human Potential:
Complex Systems (esp. Emergence)
Genetics
Technology - especially User Interfaces/Experience, mobile technology, content management systems, business process systems
Meditation
Exercise / Nutrition
Backpacking (counting this as a combination of meditation and exercise/nutrition)
Motorcycle (potential for speed, also tool for meditation)
Psychology (especially as it pertains to cognition, learning, and leadership)
Leadership
Professional Development (readiness for job interviews, knowledge of possible career paths, etc)
I have been waiting for a long time to find the one thing that I can focus on and only now realize that what I need to do is focus on the intersection of my interests. So, I have resolved to begin to unite my interests under this new banner.