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68 Do we measure?
My last post declared my
change in outlook: to write for you, not for me. I cited the
Mirasee LIFT conference as the example of moving forward
together. It was indeed moving; it moved me to draw us
together consciously.
“If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go
together.”
~African proverb (so-called)
A thoughtful article in
Jezebel attributes
this saying to “a wide variety of white people.” The article ends
on a delightful twist.
Taking the advice to
heart, I am inviting you, the reader, to show up here and help
our little group find its direction. As we do this, please
consider why we are together. We come not to make money but to
make progress. A fast reader might read the title as, “do we
measure up?” Other readers will supply a missing word at the
front to ask, “what do we measure?”
As you read here
regularly, I promise you increased appreciation of your personal
expansion. We will all find here, and I hope most of you will
contribute here, something unique. To help us be realistic, I
have steadily praised the right kind of disagreement and shunned
measuring in terms of money. That leaves you evaluating
yourself (not the course) to realize how much you have
learned and taught here over time. You do measure you.
We are a minute market
niche dealing in intellectual and spiritual concepts while
differing in everything else. Can you think of a better idea
factory?
Let’s skip the payment of
tuition and dive right into a group project, starting with shared
market research. You know me quite well by now, but I do not know
the talents you bring. Please give us a hint below in the
comments section.
A sage once said that you
are what you think about when you do not have to think. Please
tell us what you would like to explain to the group in more
detail and what function you would like the group to perform for
you. Warning! I will not respond as a market-sniffing robot. You
can be sure my mental processor will need more time with some
ideas than with others. I will take the pulse and reconfigure it
in an interesting way. I’m sure Ernstraudian philosophy will
permeate our discussion while it expands to be more inclusive of
you.
Where will you
begin?
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