hmmm

just checking to see if this even works!

“fix your perspective” / “re-perspect” works both ways…

(had a better written response, but akismet doesn’t like me!)

agreed… i was expecting to read about some accountability convos, e.g. CPR skills? or maybe a timeline? or crucial conversations about working relationships? But this seems more geared toward personal psychology/therapy advice, which although valuable, esp from one who’s studied personal narrative so long, still seems usurping the reader’s attention…possibly to reify Joseph’s narratives…

Topped Out seemed to be pretty explicitly asking only about how to improve their interactions with higher-ups (possibly, maybe even likely, because they feel their identity isn’t open to a deeper questioning…); while Joseph’s professional advice may work best to situate Topped Out for a more satisfying future (being “just what they need”), Joseph stops there without addressing how his own expectations of the listener (that they change something fundamental about themselves) are actually quite demanding… much like the parent in his hypothetical scenario…

agreed… i was expecting to read about some accountability convos, e.g. CPR skills? or maybe a timeline? or crucial conversations about working relationships? But this seems more geared toward personal psychology/therapy advice, which although valuable, esp from one who’s studied personal narrative so long, still seems usurping the reader’s attention…possibly to reify Joseph’s narratives…

Topped Out seemed to be pretty explicitly asking only about how to improve their interactions with higher-ups (possibly, maybe even likely, because they feel their identity isn’t open to a deeper questioning…); while Joseph’s professional advice may work best to situate Topped Out for a more satisfying future (being “just what they need”), Joseph stops there without addressing how his own expectations of the listener (that they change something fundamental about themselves) are actually quite demanding… much like the parent in his hypothetical scenario…

“fix your perspective” / “re-perspect” works both ways…

maybe we can agree that giving advice to someone in such a way that they’re tempted to avoid it is ineffective at best (when it’s accidental) and antagonistic at worst (when it’s intentional)?

this is not the first time i’ve heard Joseph, my fave, come out with an opinion different from what i usually consider so balanced that it sneaks into the reader’s ego… whatever, overall i’d stand by him… while i muttered about his mistakes under my breath haha