Those who measure success by winning other people’s games are, by definition, destined to lose in the long run. Only by devising our own games, imposing our own rules and choosing our own metrics can we hope to stack life’s unruly deck in our favor.
Those who measure success by winning other people’s games are, by definition, destined to lose in the long run. Only by devising our own games, imposing our own rules and choosing our own metrics can we hope to stack life’s unruly deck in our favor.
Enlisting people in collaborative efforts often entails a frustrating, if ultimately rewarding apprenticeship in some of life’s most essential, hyphenated adulting arts: sense-making, boundary-setting, cat-herding, minefield-negotiating, and, ultimately, aspiring to grace-and-humility-ing.