I used to believe every situation had an objective right and a wrong. Our job was to find the right side.
I used to believe there were good guys and bad guys. Our job was to be the good guy.
I used to believe that we found success by walking a linear path built specially for each of us. Our job was to discover it.
Now I believe that rightness and wrongness require context. Our job is to try to understand everyone’s context.
Now I believe that everybody is neither good nor bad, yet both good and bad, and those terms exist across a spectrum with multiple axes. Our job is to lean into empathy.
Now I believe that our path unfolds before us and that success is found in our perspective. Our job is to walk whatever path is before us and to find our perspective.