Curiosity Archives

Plans, Punches, Pressure, and Probes

September 22, 2025 by Craig Dial

Ground-level view of a boxing ring. A man lies on his back, gloved hands up by his head, and a kangaroo wearing boxing gloves looks into the camera.

So I didn’t have a plan. I did, as I stood there, start to get the seeds of what might, sometime, become a vague step generally in the direction of an intention. I may be stating that too strongly. Steven Brust, Issola How much of a plan do you have for your year? Month? Week? … Read more

Empathy

September 8, 2025 by Craig Dial

Think about a moment where someone in authority or power made a demand of you. That moment may have happened as recently as this morning. Maybe it was changing a project scope or direction, or “asking” for a chunk of work to get done by a seemingly arbitrary deadline. Or any one of countless demands … Read more