Knight of Swords

You are moving fast and certain at work, and people have stopped pushing back. That is not agreement. That is fatigue.

Who at work has stopped disagreeing with you, and why?

Ask them this week what they actually think, and wait for the whole answer.

You are making fast money decisions with strong conviction. Conviction is not analysis. Speed is not a plan.

What did you commit to this month without reading the terms?

Read them today. All of them.

You say the true thing hard and fast, and you call it honesty. They hear the speed, not the truth.

What did you say this week that was right and landed wrong?

Say the next true thing at half speed, and stop after it.

You want to cut through this decision. Cutting is satisfying. It is also how you avoid the part of it that needed care.

What nuance are you dismissing because it slows you down?

Give that nuance one hour today before you cut.

You charge at things, and you are proud of it, and it is costing you people and rest. The charge is a way of not feeling what you would feel standing still.

What would come up if you stopped moving for a day?

Stop for a day this week.

You are attacking the work with certainty and it is coming out sharp and thin. The sharpness is real. The thinness is what certainty costs.

What in this piece did you decide too early?

Reopen one decision in the work today and sit in the doubt for an hour.