When Words Aren’t Enough — Say It With Bacon by oscarmayer:
Discover the world’s most tasteful gifts, perfect for Father’s Day, at https://SayItWithBacon.com
Shared: Beer Recipe of the Week: Uncommonly Lucky
Beer Recipe of the Week: Uncommonly Lucky on Homebrewers Association:
Not quite an amber, not quite a lager…Whatever you want to call it, this amber hybrid beer is absolutely perfect for hot summer temperatures! And the best part, no lagering required!
Intuitively Obvious
I had a lightbulb moment the other day.
Twice, in short succession, with two different groups of people, I was sharing the conclusions I had formed from the proceeding discussions. In each case, my answer was simple and to me it was obvious that it was the only conclusion to draw. But in each case, every member of the group was dumbstruck with silence, they each cocked their heads to one side and stared at me incredulously. Gradually they started with questions like, “Why do you say that?” or “How do you figure?” All I could think of was, “What are they missing?” I did not even know where to begin and started to question myself.
The light bulb came on later while I coincidentally happened to be going through some of the groups personality preferences as exhibited by their Myers-Briggs assessment results because of some team studies I was doing. It turned out that I was the only “N” in a group of “S” types. That is, I was intuiting while they were sensing. I was looking at interrelationships and theorizing future possibilities. They were looking at the facts and details of the present reality. Our two different perspectives kept us from seeing the same conclusion. The one that was intuitively obvious to me was not even a possibility to them.
To be clear, this was not a matter of intelligence, but purely a matter of the way they preferred to take in information from the world and what kind of information they trust. At the same time, it was not about right and wrong. I can cite many exam problems that are designed to trip up intuitives and remind them to focus on the facts presented. However, sometimes when there is not sufficient detail to draw a conclusion, intuition is all you have to work with to make progress.
The light bulb was that something that is intuitively obvious is only obvious if you are intuitive.
I realized I had an extra burden to illustrate my vision. I would have to do it in a way that would show how it was rooted in reality. That would let them sense the concrete connections to the details they could see without trying to persuade them with logic.
The next time you discover an answer that is intuitively obvious, do not assume that your answer is actually obvious. Be prepared to show your work.
Shared: Beer Recipe of the Week: Cranberry Lambic
Beer Recipe of the Week: Cranberry Lambic on Homebrewers Association:
Sour beers are all the rage! But having enough patience to make them is not easy. Try this Cranberry "Lambic" beer that tricks your taste buds without using bugs, aged hops, or months of your life!
Sonoran Pot Pie
Sonoran Pot Pie
Shared: Beer Recipe of the Week: “Roggen” German Rye Beer
Beer Recipe of the Week: “Roggen” German Rye Beer on Homebrewers Association:
If you have never tried a German-style Rye beer, you are missing out! The recipe of the week is a delicious Roggenbier that is worth taking a closer look at! Enjoy!
Shared: Animals Are Awesome Too! Humans / People Are Awesome SPOOF
Animals Are Awesome Too! Humans / People Are Awesome SPOOF by Humansare2011:
http://www.humansareawesome.net/ A brand new awesome compilation in the Humans Are serie, Animals Are Awesome Too!. A Humans / People Are Awesome Spoof, just fur fun! Music is Lionheart by Afrojack. Narrated by Terence McKenna and Chief Oren Lyons. Please follow us on twitter! https://twitter.com/#!/Humansare2011
Shared: First Follower: Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy
First Follower: Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy by Derek Sivers:
Official transcript at http://sivers.org/ff
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If you’ve learned a lot about leadership and making a movement, then let’s watch a movement happen, start to finish, in under 3 minutes, and dissect some lessons:
A leader needs the guts to stand alone and look ridiculous. But what he’s doing is so simple, it’s almost instructional. This is key. You must be easy to follow!
Now comes the first follower with a crucial role: he publicly shows everyone how to follow. Notice the leader embraces him as an equal, so it’s not about the leader anymore – it’s about them, plural. Notice he’s calling to his friends to join in. It takes guts to be a first follower! You stand out and brave ridicule, yourself. Being a first follower is an under-appreciated form of leadership. The first follower transforms a lone nut into a leader. If the leader is the flint, the first follower is the spark that makes the fire.
The 2nd follower is a turning point: it’s proof the first has done well. Now it’s not a lone nut, and it’s not two nuts. Three is a crowd and a crowd is news.
A movement must be public. Make sure outsiders see more than just the leader. Everyone needs to see the followers, because new followers emulate followers – not the leader.
Now here come 2 more, then 3 more. Now we’ve got momentum. This is the tipping point! Now we’ve got a movement!
As more people jump in, it’s no longer risky. If they were on the fence before, there’s no reason not to join now. They won’t be ridiculed, they won’t stand out, and they will be part of the in-crowd, if they hurry. Over the next minute you’ll see the rest who prefer to be part of the crowd, because eventually they’d be ridiculed for not joining.
And ladies and gentlemen that is how a movement is made! Let’s recap what we learned:
If you are a version of the shirtless dancing guy, all alone, remember the importance of nurturing your first few followers as equals, making everything clearly about the movement, not you.
Be public. Be easy to follow!
But the biggest lesson here – did you catch it?
Leadership is over-glorified.
Yes it started with the shirtless guy, and he’ll get all the credit, but you saw what really happened:
It was the first follower that transformed a lone nut into a leader.
There is no movement without the first follower.
We’re told we all need to be leaders, but that would be really ineffective.
The best way to make a movement, if you really care, is to courageously follow and show others how to follow.
When you find a lone nut doing something great, have the guts to be the first person to stand up and join in.
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Original video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA8z7f7a2Pk
Shared: Inside Pixar’s Leadership
We all know the saying it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission. And everyone knows that, but I Think there is a corollary: if everyone is trying to prevent error, it screws things up. It’s better to fix problems than to prevent them. And the natural tendency for managers is to try and prevent error and over plan things.
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