Be careful which Guides you follow. Your Guides’ power of perception determines your destination.
Good Guides share their most impactful learnings with you. Sometimes you pay for it, but that’s ok, the advice of a helpful guide can dramatically compress the time it takes to learn what you need for the next steps in your trajectory.
Bad Guides are everywhere. A simple sign of a bad guide is that they throw poop at people they’re jealous of, which is of course is a very natural response, it’s what chimpanzees do. But if your guide throws poop, it’s not a strength, it’s a sign of a deep, deep insecurity, no matter how popular they are on the surface of things.
I was noodling about Guides after a hike I took this summer in Vanoise National Park in France. I got very, very lost. For hours. Lots of faux guides gave me advice. But then a very knowledgeable hiker said “Suis moi!” and led me a very long way back to where my camper van was.
Camaraderie among our speakers hit an all time HIGH this year in Asia, Europe and North America. I thought about why this might be, and it struck me that the common trait that broke down the barriers for them: they are all Explorers. Beyond their expertise, they also have reached a stage in their careers when they’re ready to return to the tribe and share their explorations to help other people find their way as they go forward into the current malaise, a sticky wicket no matter what career stage you are in.
I think that’s the kind of Guides we need in the greater UX/Product Design community, to help us through these challenging times, and to help us adapt to the realities of the next massive upside bubble, beginning when interest rates hit the tipping point, and AI-driven product innovation goes into HYPER-drive. Our community will be ready, thanks to our wonderful Guides.
Choose your Guides carefully.
Paul
28oct2024, Cocoa Beach FL
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