“But I don’t like writing. Essays cramp up my hands.”
My 16yo nephew clutched his right hand in a dramatic fashion. 🙄
I believe that writing aids the thinking process.
The slowness.
The struggle and friction. 😓
I think it is the *point* of growth.
Especially nowadays where AI makes it soooo easy to take the path of least resistance. 🍰
I told him… in my best aunty-way-that-isnt-too-lecturey:
To stand out, you just have to be 10% better … by embracing the struggle.
By cultivating #ThinkingSkills, in particular 🧠
#DesignThinking – being intentional about what you’re building and why 🧠
#CriticalThinking – asking the hard questions that might prove you wrong (eek! Can my ego handle that?! 😬) 🧠
#SystemsThinking – understanding that everything is connected, and everyone is just doing a ‘whack-a-mole’ problem solving approach.
And the fourth… 🥁🥁🥁
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#METACOGNITION: Thinking about Thinking.
Noticing when you’ve stopped thinking and starting accepting what ChatGPT or Claude spits out.
That’s when your brain cells start to die.
Making the Smart Hard Choice is asking the question:
Is this making things easier for me… or
💎Is this building a better version of me – on the other side?💎
The future generation needs to be building #Leadership Skills in this chaotic world, and those skills require them to be intentional about the choices they make.
Makes me glad to be a Gen-X’er.
Or ‘fossil’ as my kids would say. 🙄😁
Do you think I missed anything?
ps: Thanks to everyone who engaged with my fun ‘influencer’ type posts while I was in Malaysia😁
Normal programming will now resume.Minus the cendol. 🍨😭