HeyJaredThe Development Journal
Insights into Adult Development Theory and the invisible mechanisms that keep us stuck. Insights from 15 years of architecting structural shifts for leaders, professionals and parents.
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How Developmental Differences Change What We Hear (opens the original)
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Can You Have Ambitions, While Being Content With What You Have? (opens the original)
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Can you want something, while being perfectly happy with what you already have?Seems paradoxical, but I’d say you absolutely can.And I’d add that some of the happiest people I know are doing exactly that.And on the other side, many of the clients I work with who feel stuck, lost, and purposeless, have a very tough time with this balance.The key appears to be in our relationship with the things we want.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dyAq
Why Smart People Stay Stuck: The Hidden Assumptions We Rarely Examine (opens the original)
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Goals and Objectives Can Keep Us Stuck (opens the original)
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I was sharing stories with a friend about our dumb, risk-blind, raucous days of youth. Snooping around malls and running away from security guards. Skipping school to go on an unplanned Ferris Bueller style road trip. Seeing how many Carolina Reapers we could eat before things got bad (Spoiler: it gets bad fast).Now, to be clear, I am not advocating for anyone to do those things. But bear with me.A colleague of mine who was with us then asked us with genuine curiosity, “So what was the objective
There is Security in Uncertainty (opens the original)
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