Trish's Blog

This year didn’t just arrive; it came with a scoreboard. Blah!

This matters for Weird Wisdom® and Diversity of Thought because somewhere between New Year’s goals, “what I’ve achieved so far” posts, and colour-coded calendars, we’ve quietly started confusing motion with meaning.

We used to brag about titles. Now we brag about busyness. The fuller the calendar, the higher the perceived value. But busy isn’t impact. It’s often just noise and distraction.

When busyness becomes the badge of success, different thinkers get sidelined. The reflective ones. The slow processors. The people who ask better questions instead of booking another meeting. The ones whose contribution doesn’t always show up as activity, but as clarity.

Weird Wisdom® reminds us to measure things differently. Not by how many meetings you attended this week, but by the difference you made. Not by how full your diary is, but by what shifted because you were there.

So, as the “how’s your year going already?” posts keep rolling in, maybe try a quieter question: What actually changed because of your thinking?

That’s where Diversity of Thought lives. And that’s where real progress tends to start.