Just read OK Doomer and it seems that's been my problem all along. I have Sentinel Intelligence. (My son thinks we are both neurodivergent but I'm not so sure about that.) I stand up for what's right or point out what's wrong many times, and get treated like the troublemaker, even in my own family. I am later proved right, but never ever get an apology. I sooooooo relate to Cassandra. I guess Jesus was a Cassandra, too. And MLK and Bobby Kennedy and Malala Yousafzai and the other good people who try to make the world better and get demonized for it.
Spot on! When you look at the writings and reports of the conversations for some of those visionary people, you can see it. They can see how their efforts will cause ripple effects across years or even generations. They see beyond normal horizons. I'm not in the league of the people you mentioned, but life tends to like gradients more than either-or. I think I am somewhere along that particular gradient. You think you are too. I think it's a good gradient to be on, even when I get pushed aside like Cassandra.
Haha - only a girl? When I was on assignment a few years ago for the Fort Sill Tribune, I told two drill sergeants their trailer hitch wasn't on properly. They figured this old civilian hadn't a clue. They didn't know I used to haul my art show equipment all over the country with a trailer, so they ignored me. A few minutes later the trailer fell off the hitch. My co-worker who was with me at the time still brings that up!
It does amaze me (shock me, actually) that so few decision-makers can see the big picture and imagine the consequences beyond the short-term gains. Climate change, wildlife extinction, fascism, etc. All of it due to greedy desire for short-term profits or power. Developing a technique to share your holistic knowledge in small doses is a powerful self-discipline. Having step-by-step successes in proving your vision can have more impact, provided the black-and-white thinkers don't hold sway in the face of logic and facts.
You hauled trailers everywhere. When you have something to say about a trailer, anybody should listen.
I've talked with a number of high level executives in big companies. Some have been very smart and had good abilities for developing strategy, but only one came across as having sentinel intelligence. A business partner and I got an hour and a half on the phone to talk with him about some market research we were doing. He was unlike any other executive. The breadth of his knowledge and the insights he casually spilled out took our breath away.
With just one like that out of all the executives I've dealt with, it must really be rare.
Just read OK Doomer and it seems that's been my problem all along. I have Sentinel Intelligence. (My son thinks we are both neurodivergent but I'm not so sure about that.) I stand up for what's right or point out what's wrong many times, and get treated like the troublemaker, even in my own family. I am later proved right, but never ever get an apology. I sooooooo relate to Cassandra. I guess Jesus was a Cassandra, too. And MLK and Bobby Kennedy and Malala Yousafzai and the other good people who try to make the world better and get demonized for it.
Spot on! When you look at the writings and reports of the conversations for some of those visionary people, you can see it. They can see how their efforts will cause ripple effects across years or even generations. They see beyond normal horizons. I'm not in the league of the people you mentioned, but life tends to like gradients more than either-or. I think I am somewhere along that particular gradient. You think you are too. I think it's a good gradient to be on, even when I get pushed aside like Cassandra.
Haha - only a girl? When I was on assignment a few years ago for the Fort Sill Tribune, I told two drill sergeants their trailer hitch wasn't on properly. They figured this old civilian hadn't a clue. They didn't know I used to haul my art show equipment all over the country with a trailer, so they ignored me. A few minutes later the trailer fell off the hitch. My co-worker who was with me at the time still brings that up!
It does amaze me (shock me, actually) that so few decision-makers can see the big picture and imagine the consequences beyond the short-term gains. Climate change, wildlife extinction, fascism, etc. All of it due to greedy desire for short-term profits or power. Developing a technique to share your holistic knowledge in small doses is a powerful self-discipline. Having step-by-step successes in proving your vision can have more impact, provided the black-and-white thinkers don't hold sway in the face of logic and facts.
You hauled trailers everywhere. When you have something to say about a trailer, anybody should listen.
I've talked with a number of high level executives in big companies. Some have been very smart and had good abilities for developing strategy, but only one came across as having sentinel intelligence. A business partner and I got an hour and a half on the phone to talk with him about some market research we were doing. He was unlike any other executive. The breadth of his knowledge and the insights he casually spilled out took our breath away.
With just one like that out of all the executives I've dealt with, it must really be rare.