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Most workplace friction is a ghost story. We react to the "task" on the table, but the real haunting is happening underneath in three invisible currencies: Autonomy, Influence, and Access.
Stop labeling people and start reading their protection signals:
▶️The "difficult" colleague pushing back on every instruction? They are likely just guarding their Autonomy.
▶️ The "broken record" who repeats every point? They are fighting a perceived lack of Influence.
▶️The "omnipresent" peer who must be in every meeting? They are optimizing for Access.
We build tension when we respond in the wrong language. If you address the task but ignore the currency being threatened, the friction only hardens.
The strategy shift: Pay less attention to what is being said and more to what is being protected.
Once you see the currency, you stop taking it personally and start navigating the room with actual intent.
It doesn't make the friction disappear, but it finally gives you the right map to move through it.
I'm convinced that adaptability is the highest form of intelligence. Knowledge matters, but the ability to learn and unlearn matters more. To change your mind in response to new information. The rigid cling to what was. The adaptable adjust to what is. The future belongs to them.
Discipline is boring.
Hard work is boring.
Studying is boring.
Doing the same thing every day is boring.
Dear son, if you want to go far in life, learn to be bored, silent, and alone.
When you are tired, eat SALT.
When you experience a headache, eat SALT.
When you are angry, eat SALT.
When you are hungry, eat SALT.
When FASTING, eat SALT.
When your libido drops, eat SALT.
SALT is life.
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