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It takes courage to emerge before conditions are perfect— to speak with care, to name what is real, and to trust that small acts of honesty can multiply into change.
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In this musing, I reveal a deeper truth about how we view others: The surface rarely tells the whole story. When we do shift our perspective and wonder what it is truly like to “walk in their shoes”, we begin to realize: • Most people are doing the best they can — at work and at home. • We all make assumptions and rarely test them. • And we’re all prone to a common mental trap: the actor-observer bias.
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I’ve come to realize there’s a profound difference between accepting imperfection and appreciating it. It’s the difference between seeing something through the lens of a pragmatist versus seeing it like an artist.
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It’s Monday morning. 7 a.m. I sit at the kitchen table, gazing out at the dawn. It’s not quite light, but no longer dark. This in-between moment holds both the arrival of light and the retreat of night. And later, as the day dims into dusk, the cycle will reverse. This liminal time feels like a perfect metaphor for the emotions surrounding me lately. A reminder that opposites often co-exist — joy and despair, hope and fear, sadness and light. One woven into the other. One fades so the other may rise.
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As I watched a persistent squirrel one afternoon, I marveled at her persistence. Yet, over time, that admiration turned to reflection. How often have I been that squirrel? Working tirelessly toward a goal—overcoming obstacles, innovating new approaches, taking risks, trying again and again until exhaustion sets in—only to find the result hollow, the door locked, or the reward not worth the effort? Which led to this musing – where I explore: When does persistence become pig-headedness? When does grit become futility?
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Ever felt that giving at work—or at home—means sacrificing your time, energy, or resources? Here’s the paradox: when done wisely, giving doesn’t subtract—it multiplies. In fact, it can be the most powerful accelerator for your life and your career.
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