When discussing fraught, divisive, or high-stakes issues it's so easy to get defensive, triggered, and hurt-sometimes even doing irreparable damage to relationships we hold most dear.
Thankfully my friend Bob Gower, two-time guest of the Pivot podcast, outlines something crucial for us to understand before we engage in our next argument: is this discourse or a debate?
He outlines the difference between the two in his fantastic piece, Rules of Engagement: 5 Steps to Better Arguments: "In discourse, the goal is to eventually align. Debate is discourse's more flamboyant cousin where people with opposing views intend to remain that way at the end of the conversation." Listen to our latest Pivot Podcast here »
📆 FREE UPCOMING EVENT FOR ENTREPRENEURS: REINVENTING YOURSELF AND YOUR BUSINESS - WORKSHOP ON MONDAY (11/23)
I'm super excited to be teaming up with two of my business besties and most inspiring friendtors, Dorie Clark and Mike Michaelowicz, to jam in a free virtual workshop on reinventing yourself and your business.
It's coming right up on Monday, Nov. 23rd at 12pm ET/ 9am PT/ 5pm GMT. We will cover a range of topics and practical tips to help you:
Take control of your business
Build on your unique passions and talents
Develop a unique personal brand
Determine what's already working in your business and double-down on it
Move past burnout and depletion from the events of this year
Amplify your best ideas and create a game-plan for sharing them in 2021
👉 Register here to join us!
Now onto this week's round-up of resources . . .
🎙 PODCASTING:
📚 READING: Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork and this NYT Book Review. My favorite lines from the review:
"Who doesn't love the tale of a proud titan laid low by his own flaws and by the gods, or by their current equivalent, the markets? Our culture is rich with such toppled plutocrats.
...The global pool of capital on which free-market societies float like inflatable rubber ducks is a virtually bottomless reservoir of folly, vanity, mania and caprice. The accounting standards that purport to measure it and regulate its tidal flows are as fluid and foamy as WeWork's tap kombucha."🎧 LISTENING: Slate's Thrilling Tales of Modern Capitalism podcast - today's episode Unforgiven: Wells Fargo on the origins of modern banking (as well as it's decade-long brand freefall) was particularly interesting!
🧰 TOOL: More funny than functional, Write Your "Leaving New York" Essay With This Handy Chart :) via Sarah Young
🥭 EATING: Our quick-yet-convenient lunch and dinner (sometimes Linner) lifesaver this year has been frozen meals from Mosaic: "Chef-crafted food made with whole fruits & veggies and delivered to you." Spruce them up with a little olive oil, salt, nuts, cheese, and/or avocado and - voila! - a yummy meal that no one has to cook. Use this link for $20 off your first box.
That's it for now . . . THANK YOU for reading and listening, for your support, and for being part of this adventure with me. I am grateful for you every day!
❤️ With Love,
Jenny