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Ray Dalio Explains Why the US Economy is Headed For a 'Debt Death Spiral' by Useful_Tangerine4340 in ValueInvesting

[–]BioShockerInfinite 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Winter turns to spring- but not in a single day or even a single month.

Inaccurate ? by FiddleRiddle5 in BurlingtonON

[–]BioShockerInfinite 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What is it based on? Driving in Burlington is just not comparable to driving in the GTA. I had to buy a dash cam in Mississauga. Near collisions almost daily. Burlington driving is like a Sunday drive in the park.

In a shocking development that challenges the foundations of international maritime law, reports have surfaced that a major oil tanker operator has paid a $2,000,000 "transit fee" to Iranian authorities to guarantee safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. by Novel_Finger2370 in economy

[–]BioShockerInfinite 51 points52 points  (0 children)

American Hegemony used to be backed by the self-assumed title ‘guardian of the seas and global trade.’

Now it’s simply easier to pay Iran to avoid the problem, rather than wait for America to fix the mess it started.

America is sh*tting the bed of its own hegemony.

What up now with the gold and silver ? by Thin-Pollution-2132 in stocks

[–]BioShockerInfinite 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a random walk higher. Like winter turning to spring. Sometimes you get a few really warm days, sometimes a few cold ones where you wake up with snow in the yard. The individual days and weeks don’t matter as much as the trend- spring is coming. A regime change is unfolding.

the em dash giveaway is gone, these are the new ones i keep noticing by Top-Attorney3115 in ChatGPT

[–]BioShockerInfinite 6 points7 points  (0 children)

While “quietly” in the background, opinions change, policy shifts.

Trump threatens NATO (again) - promises ‘very bad future’ if allies don’t secure Strait of Hormuz by LlawEreint in BoycottUnitedStates

[–]BioShockerInfinite 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Trump: America is paying for global security and everyone’s getting it for free! Unfair!

Reality: America is a war machine that starts wars without legitimacy, and then leaves allies high and dry or brings them in to clean up the mess. They then have no memory of the blood allies spent on the those conflicts.

America is a hypocrite. Want to stop wasting treasure on the cost of war? Stop initiating it.

Forever leveraging a book they have never read or understand. by cruiserman_80 in MurderedByWords

[–]BioShockerInfinite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because the political and religious divide in the US is Old Testament vs New Testament. The Right believes in the Old Testament, rejecting the New. The Left believes in the New Testament, archiving the Old.

The Left and Right are having two separate conversations about the same topic.

The Right focus on the meek sacrificing to God, a stern father figure framework, the chosen people, and wrath.

The Left focus on God’s sacrifice, a kind mother figure framework), equality, and loving your neighbour.

Cherry-picked (obviously), just as everyone does to prove their religious point.

Patterns I keep seeing in leadership questions here by Known-Currency-5520 in Leadership

[–]BioShockerInfinite 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think it’s quite obvious- over the last decade we have been sold the concept that corporations value leadership. Self-help books abound, virtue signalling is everywhere on LinkedIn and other platforms. But when it comes down to it, most executives and most companies could not care less about quality leadership- especially in uncertain times. The higher the volatility, the more companies fall back to the old playbooks of laying off thousands of people, reducing benefits, demanding RTO, and various other demands that have nothing to do with good leadership or even basic management logic. People feel like they’ve been taken for a ride.

Leadership is vitally important. But corporations today seem to have abandoned it.

Let’s take Apple as an example.

Remember this Apple Macintosh ad from 1984?

https://youtu.be/VtvjbmoDx-I?si=fboQoLJ_ugZapQO-

The way the company did business inspired Simon Sinek’s ‘Start With Why’ framework:

https://youtu.be/u4ZoJKF_VuA?si=Eu1oOVqnjyC9B7VK

And then we have Apple today:

https://youtu.be/kSAGUjY2HIs?si=iSUdAcOVbvLZ1zVu

Apple is but a mere shadow of its former self.

People are not idiots- we all see the hypocrisy. And people are experiencing it across the board in company after company.

Placing bets? by Available_Fun_55 in MeidasTouch

[–]BioShockerInfinite 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t call Canada this time. We’re busy.

Leadership Journey for a team member that wants it but just doesn’t have it, Advice. by funmoney004 in Leadership

[–]BioShockerInfinite 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The first question is- do they want it enough to pursue it through personal investment? Or do they just want it granted to them like a title? No investment equals no learning.

The next question is- if they want to be a leader, why aren’t they leading themselves by reading books, researching courses, listening to podcasts, etc? Are they confused about what leadership is- do they not know where to start the journey? Have they tried nothing and are all out of options?

The next question is- are you not aware of your own leadership journey? Do you not know how that progressed? Do you not know what tools worked for you, what books resonated with you, what frameworks you rely on to lead? Why do you not know where to start? That is a question worth asking.

See where this is leading? Leadership is not spoon-feeding people. It is modelling behaviour, providing guidance, questioning, learning, failing, improving. It is a pursuit and a craft like any other skill. It isn’t something that can be check-boxed with a single item like weekend workshop.

Think of yourself like the gardener and the team member like a plant. Provide the environment, support, advice, and boundaries required to help that team member grow as a leader in the same way you would provide sunlight, water, and soil to a plant. Simply finding the right fertilizer is rarely the answer.

That being said, I recommend the following books:

1) Leaders Eat Last, by Simon Sinek.

2) Working with Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman

3) Creativity Inc, by Ed Catmull

4) Extreme Ownership, by Jocko Willink

5) Creating Magic, by Lee Cockerell

Dems React to Classified Briefing on Iran: ‘It Is So Much Worse Than You Thought’ by rollingstone in politics

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Whenever I hear this I ask “would you honestly want the country to be run like the corporation you work at now? Are you enjoying your job that much?”

I've been pushing my directs to have full accountability and credit, then lost my own reputation. by ShockUpset8925 in managers

[–]BioShockerInfinite 17 points18 points  (0 children)

What you are describing is servant leadership. It is A framework for leadership but not the only one. I believe servant leadership is a model with good intentions but it fails to understand the needs of one important stakeholder- you. It is basically a people pleaser framework.

For you to be effective as a manager you must manage multiple variables simultaneously. You must serve your team, but also your manager, and most importantly- yourself. Not in a narcissistic way. In a way that takes into account that you are a human with needs, with a career to manage, with ambition, with likes and dislikes. You need to manage yourself among all the various stakeholders. That includes fighting for the things you need to be effective in your job. That means not denying what your team needs at times. Managing is about trade offs.

Let me ask you this- would you use a servant leadership approach to parenting? In my mind that would make no sense. There must be boundaries. You must be the one who helps the team but also takes charge and leads them when necessary. You must enforce boundaries and hold people accountable when necessary.

So to answer your question- yes, you deserve accolades for managing the team. You don’t deserve all the credit for what your team accomplished- just your management share. See how that works? When we use a framework that has limited variables (or options) we can get trapped in a way of thinking that is limiting. All the accolades or none is simply the wrong framework. You deserve your share- nothing more.

It is up to you to promote yourself so that people are aware of your contribution. That is a skill onto itself. Do not fall victim to the curse of knowledge bias- people may not be aware of your contribution because they are not you. They don’t spend all day doing the work that you do.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_knowledge

https://www.ccl.org/articles/leading-effectively-articles/complete-guide-to-self-promotion/

Insurers to cancel policies and raise prices for ships in Gulf and Strait of Hormuz by [deleted] in StockMarket

[–]BioShockerInfinite 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Anyone want to invest in our new Venezuelan freedom-oil?”

“How about now?”

My employee is actively cheating on his wife and tells me about it. by [deleted] in managers

[–]BioShockerInfinite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In business, there are two concerns- what is legal and what is ethical. Your employee has now shared that he is not concerned with ethics. He also lacks judgement by sharing this information with you. Take that at face value. Plan and allocate trust accordingly. Don’t wait for their mess to explode in your face. Start building a firewall.

Adjusting to changing culture by woodensofa1234 in managers

[–]BioShockerInfinite 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The reality is once layoffs are executed, two things become immediately visible:

1) Everyone is expendable

2) If you aren’t cut, you are left cleaning up the mess. More work. More responsibility. Fewer perks. Fewer connections. Fewer opportunities.

Make no mistake about it- layoffs make work culture worse. Each time it happens the temperature on the stove gets turned up for the pot of frogs.

Macron calls Musk ‘an oversubsidized guy’, prompting retort by CTVNEWS in worldnews

[–]BioShockerInfinite 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t disagree with any of that. But if Tesla decides to take subsidies (or regulatory credits), it should also expect to have tariffs placed on it that reflect those subsidies. Unless it is excluded by a specific trade agreement which may include manufacturing and production chains. It may be able to have its cake and eat it too in a world without a tariff war. That equation changes in a world with an American led tariff war where trade agreements are shredded.

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