ananomous quote... you cant defeat me you can only kill my body even my grave will fight against you tyrants... …11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.
Well articulated. Perhaps that’s why I went out on my own to scratch out a living at 19. At that time I ‘learned’ to trust no one - regretfully I used a lot of weed and a bit of alcohol to tolerate social transactions, this delayed my personal growth a lot:) yet I stayed focused on growing more competent in my metal skills. When I had a child at age 38 the spell was broken and I stepped up to the plate. Amazing how responsibility for a helpless little one brought, and continues to bring out more desire for life and living in myself. Sort of broke out of compartmentalizing my creativity in the singular direction of the metal smithing .
Thanks again Ray for providing a platform for the self reflecting and re-re-re-learning :)
“A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not on the branch but on her own wings. Always believe in yourself” – Unknown
I was a non-traditional college student in the early 2000's. Most of my classes had traditional aged students. One class we were forced to do a 5 man group project. 2 people never showed up to meetings, and the one person who did, shared his "floppy disk" which was always blank, but he swore it worked on his computer. I drove 50 miles one way to go to college, and had to work around all the schedules of those who already lived on campus. What a joke. Guess who ended up doing the entire project. Yep, me. On a positive note, the professor knew, and I got the A, while the others did not. Still, it didn't make up for weeks of frustration knowing from the beginning I would end up doing all the work myself. I find the same still happens in every workplace I have ever been involved with. That is also why Communism cannot work-as so many sit back and let others do the work. Nobody ends up working. Everything ends up collapsing.
Yes, definitely this! I would not be surprised if the Tikkun Olam mob were behind the whole cloying mess of team work. It seldom comes naturally (should be a big tell) which is why it requires so much training input. It certainly hamstrings the top talent and aims for the lowest common denominator. Having experienced corporate life until age 35, I was fortunate to have a second career as an independent business consultant. Suffice to say I had more personal time and dramatically more success and satisfaction. For leadership to work it needs to be an enlightened despotic meritocracy.
Jan 23, 2023·edited Jan 23, 2023Liked by Ray Horvath, "The Source" :)
For me, it depends upon the environment and the task at hand. Most of my life has been spent as a strong individual who stood alone to do the heavy lifting from academic excellence to skiing. But many experiences were possibly better when a team was assembled. For instance, I gave birth to my two children at home with my husband and my midwife for my son and then with only my husband for my daughter, although I did most of the work! When I played volleyball, it took a team and in my restaurant, I needed a group of people with different skill sets to make it a success, even though I did most of the food prep and bookkeeping. In my private practice, I worked alone and with a naturopath; yet our Wellness Center had 63 practitioners to serve all of our patients' needs. In business, I preferred working primarily on my own as Executive Director of an NPO, although by design it was useful to have a Board of Directors to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. So...it all depends on the situation (as long as everyone pulls their own weight)!
I love this!!! "According to studies in the 1980s, a single intelligent person was able to solve a complex realistic scenario alone faster and more efficiently than a group in which the same person was present." A friend likes my stuff - but sees that what's really needed is a panel of psychologists, as together we'd have more strategies, etc. I do not agree. Especially I don't see this as an effective way of giving space for people to take on their particular challenges. So, thanks for this wonderful backing of what I knew inside was right.
That is ..legalistically true, get the job done, never mind others,
just take care of yourself.
A very grim, but functional world, might as well bring on AI.
But if the idea is how to work together to bring a productive result,
then EVENTUALLY, we may be 'stronger together', just not
instant, automatic assumption.
To develop empathy, love, caring takes time, and this is one way.
I'd say it's how the groups are formed.
A lot to it. I'd have 6 groups of 4, titles for 2, plus 2 assistants.
Two marks, individual and net group effort using
leaders and myself for marks.
3 periods, certain goals each one. Present on 3rd, second half,
just a 4 minute presentation, we use number schemes,
average taken.
We need together to survive, gotta learn.
ananomous quote... you cant defeat me you can only kill my body even my grave will fight against you tyrants... …11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.
You're right.
Well articulated. Perhaps that’s why I went out on my own to scratch out a living at 19. At that time I ‘learned’ to trust no one - regretfully I used a lot of weed and a bit of alcohol to tolerate social transactions, this delayed my personal growth a lot:) yet I stayed focused on growing more competent in my metal skills. When I had a child at age 38 the spell was broken and I stepped up to the plate. Amazing how responsibility for a helpless little one brought, and continues to bring out more desire for life and living in myself. Sort of broke out of compartmentalizing my creativity in the singular direction of the metal smithing .
Thanks again Ray for providing a platform for the self reflecting and re-re-re-learning :)
“A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not on the branch but on her own wings. Always believe in yourself” – Unknown
It's a qualitative vs quantitative approach for sure. Why a man with 1 UFO or powerful mind is stronger than 1000 tanks.
I was a non-traditional college student in the early 2000's. Most of my classes had traditional aged students. One class we were forced to do a 5 man group project. 2 people never showed up to meetings, and the one person who did, shared his "floppy disk" which was always blank, but he swore it worked on his computer. I drove 50 miles one way to go to college, and had to work around all the schedules of those who already lived on campus. What a joke. Guess who ended up doing the entire project. Yep, me. On a positive note, the professor knew, and I got the A, while the others did not. Still, it didn't make up for weeks of frustration knowing from the beginning I would end up doing all the work myself. I find the same still happens in every workplace I have ever been involved with. That is also why Communism cannot work-as so many sit back and let others do the work. Nobody ends up working. Everything ends up collapsing.
Yes, definitely this! I would not be surprised if the Tikkun Olam mob were behind the whole cloying mess of team work. It seldom comes naturally (should be a big tell) which is why it requires so much training input. It certainly hamstrings the top talent and aims for the lowest common denominator. Having experienced corporate life until age 35, I was fortunate to have a second career as an independent business consultant. Suffice to say I had more personal time and dramatically more success and satisfaction. For leadership to work it needs to be an enlightened despotic meritocracy.
A lot of assignments in Architecture degree courses are group assignments. I don't need to tell you what a fail that is.
The lesson learnt has nothing to do with actual architecture.
Personal responsibility is the key as well as the gift
For me, it depends upon the environment and the task at hand. Most of my life has been spent as a strong individual who stood alone to do the heavy lifting from academic excellence to skiing. But many experiences were possibly better when a team was assembled. For instance, I gave birth to my two children at home with my husband and my midwife for my son and then with only my husband for my daughter, although I did most of the work! When I played volleyball, it took a team and in my restaurant, I needed a group of people with different skill sets to make it a success, even though I did most of the food prep and bookkeeping. In my private practice, I worked alone and with a naturopath; yet our Wellness Center had 63 practitioners to serve all of our patients' needs. In business, I preferred working primarily on my own as Executive Director of an NPO, although by design it was useful to have a Board of Directors to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. So...it all depends on the situation (as long as everyone pulls their own weight)!
I love this!!! "According to studies in the 1980s, a single intelligent person was able to solve a complex realistic scenario alone faster and more efficiently than a group in which the same person was present." A friend likes my stuff - but sees that what's really needed is a panel of psychologists, as together we'd have more strategies, etc. I do not agree. Especially I don't see this as an effective way of giving space for people to take on their particular challenges. So, thanks for this wonderful backing of what I knew inside was right.