by unthink | Aug 9, 2026 | Blog Post
I used to think “no questions asked” was the kindest thing a leader could offer. Total trust, no friction, no doubt. Then I watched it fail. Not once. Enough times that I started calling it what it actually was. A founder I worked with extended “no...
by unthink | Aug 8, 2026 | Blog Post
I grew up hearing more than one language at home and around me. English was mine on paper. But so much of what actually got said, the humor, the frustration, the love, arrived through words borrowed from somewhere else entirely. I didn’t choose most of those...
by unthink | Aug 7, 2026 | Blog Post
We mistake the planning session for the work. The room fills with energy. Fears get named and set aside. Everyone nods at the same picture. It feels like progress because it feels good. But nothing has moved yet. The gym membership is paid for. The shoes are still in...
by unthink | Aug 6, 2026 | Blog Post
I’ve caught myself doing it mid-conversation. Someone pays me a compliment, genuine, specific, and I’m already building the rebuttal in my head before they’ve finished the sentence. That’s not humility. I used to think it was. It’s just a...
by unthink | Aug 5, 2026 | Blog Post
We constantly confuse hearing with listening, and the confusion costs us more than we admit. Hearing is automatic. Sound arrives, the brain registers it, no effort required. We can sit through an entire meeting and retain nothing that mattered. Listening is a choice...
