NO! An Ontological Perspective
Most coaching and conversation about NO has been much too superficial; useful perhaps, for a specific result, but far from a permanent shift in how we are in our everyday world.
Most coaching and conversation about NO has been much too superficial; useful perhaps, for a specific result, but far from a permanent shift in how we are in our everyday world.
Saying "no" can mean an opportunity is as big as you want it to be with you in the driver's seat. You let things happen to you because you let them happen.
Rational/analytical cognition tends to ignore the context of systems of objects, the fact that all objects are in fact processes, the relationships between objects and that all these constitute transforming systems.
When I met Camille B., she was no longer able to fly. She stood atop the damp coffee house, the tips of her red sneakers just over the edge so that she could bend her toes into the void below.
The instances of the importance of big NO’s in human history could go on forever. Each of these NO’s made room for many incredible important YES that came afterwards. But what about the big NO’s of the everyday little people that will never make it to the books of history?
“Coachability” is the willingness to be coached, to listen, to respect instruction and act on it. Coaching (another set of eyes) lets you see what’s missing which, if you act on it, could make a big difference.
There are two parallel worlds in a business. There is the world of technology, machines, objects and design, and the simultaneous world of people’s feelings, relationships, and whatever animates their spirit and moves them to cooperate.
Suzi Pomerantz: Thank you, sweet Mad! Love you!...