Hold That Thought
This week I've been thinking about the uncomfortable process of growth. Here are three things on that theme to turn mental energy into meaningful action:
- In his post on the hidden cost of comfort, Sahil Bloom asks: What growth are you starving with the struggle you’re avoiding?
- Everyone seems to be turning to AI coaches to help them think through challenges. In some ways, it works. But AI falls short in a few others, one of which makes all the difference
- “Admitting you’re wrong or updating your thinking isn’t weakness; it’s growth.” By Amanda Natividad in Nobody is Dying on Hills
For this week's underthinking link: Rolling Stone's Top 500 Album Picker. Thanks to Susi O'Neill for this great find!
Extra thoughts…
At the end of my article (above) on the false promise of AI, I ask a very confronting question. It's not that different from the one Sahil Bloom offers (also above). Or in The Prestige (or The Matrix, or any story of transformation, for that matter).
As we inch our way forward in the struggle to find answers, I am comforted by Amanda Natividad's reminder that every thing we put out there doesn’t have to be definitive. These aren't final statements, but just one more turn in a larger, ongoing conversation.
That's true for our answers as much as it is for the questions. And I'm here for the next one.
Let's keep going,
Kim
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Hello! I'm Kim and I’ve spent over four decades overthinking absolutely everything. Here's how I made sense of it all.
