What a Wheelchair Ramp Taught Me About Experience
Recently, I posted an article on LinkedIn, What an Assassin Taught Me About Experience. In the comments, Nicola added that she notices wheelchair access wherever she goes, not because of her work, but because her sister uses a wheelchair. Like Jason Bourne, her experience had trained her attention. I replied that this was a great […]
When Experience Becomes Intuition with Maria Di Pietro
After more than 25 years as a psychologist, Maria Di Pietro often knows something about the person sitting in front of her. She can’t necessarily explain how. She calls it intuition. But, “It’s intuition with experience.” What happens to our experience when we’ve accumulated so much of it that we no longer consciously think through what […]
What a Glassblower taught me about Experience
It takes years to become a master. But is the amount of time the crucial element? As US artist Rick Strini said, ‘You don’t get good by doing anything once.’ Rick has more than sixty years working with glass but for the first 30 years he made the same thing. Then Rick went to a […]
I Can See Your Potential Before You Can with Maria Di Pietro
Sometimes other people can see something in us that we can’t yet see ourselves. After more than 25 years as a psychologist, Maria Di Pietro says she can often see the potential in people before they can see it themselves. Earlier in her career, that frustrated her. If she could see what was possible, why […]