An Apex Framework
Not knowing what the hell is going on is nothing to be apologetic about. I’m getting used to it, and I’ve turned it into a tool.
My mindset now? -
"I don’t know what’s going on. I’m in the right place. Let’s see."
The only way to arrive at the right answer is to assume complete ignorance of any given challenge. The most powerful weapon in the armoury is that mindset.
Using reason to sort out confusion is natural. Challenges arrive without ceremony every minute of every day. They come complete with ambiguity, conflict, contradiction and bias. Much of it repugnant and deliberate misinformation.
In every sense of the word, challenges are un-reasonable. Unreasonable is no longer uncommon.
To avoid reference to software tools (alpha framework), I’m referring to the right mindset as an ‘apex framework’.
You will know if you have the right mindset because you will be butting heads with those who don’t. They will not appreciate this unreasonable world's full messiness/hard work. You will spend a disproportionate amount of time drawing on your patience.
An apex mindset demands active engagement in the ‘right now’—a conscious way of being—and being open to new thinking—minimal reference to what happened before.
Changing to an apex mindset has the most significant impact on outcomes and achievement. Challenges become opportunities. Zero defensiveness about mistakes that allow for learning.
