Back In The World
I jumped off the Lynx on Monday. I'm in the bay area right now resting and regaining my equilibrium. The last four months have been pretty hard on my psyche, so this will take a few days.



I haven't written a lot here this year because I don't like to spread bad feelings around, nor do I like to complain about things I can't fix. I'll say for the sake of summary that this last boat tour gave me some of the things I needed, but not all, and demanded things of me that I was not prepared nor comfortable with giving. For twelve hours a day, every day. I learned a lot about rigging and sailing a boat that I never never got in tune with and never fully trusted and I got to work with a great bunch of people who had been placed in the wrong configuration and consequentially spent a lot of grief failing to reinvent a series of wheels.

Being as I have an aggressively constructive mindset, I'd like to share those things I've learned over the past four months. This isn't all of it, but it is the bits that communicate well.

-In real life it doesn't say at the top of the page what the test is about.

-Consistency is the basis of strong leadership.

-Slow steady change is good lasting change.

-The most important thing in any situation is to treat people well.

-Self confidence and good communication are the foundation of a healthy group dynamic.

-When there is an argument between the idea of a thing and the reality of it, reality will win every time. When the argument becomes a discussion the idea may prevail.

-No matter how unhappy you may be, never forget that you live in an amazing, beautiful world.

-Self righteous indignation is the enemy of empathy and a barrier to problem solving.

-Never underestimate the ability of people to surprise you in pleasant ways.

-Be ready at all times to adapt to unexpected positive change.

That's it for now.