I've noticed a number of posts recently that while seemingly unconected have everything to do with how you view the world or your mental models.
Julian asks (or rather tells us)Why wiki doesn’t work - one person’s experience about a colleague who views information in a hierarchical way and therefore finds it impossible to use a wiki, whereas its second nature to Julian.
Evelyn Rodriguez talks about 'Quitting for your Life' which highlights how one person's world view changed when his mental model was altered
[T]here is as much guidance in way that closes behind us as there is in way that opens ahead of us...
At MonkeyMagic, we get a summary of HBS Working Knowledge: Leadership paper authored by Robert Cialdini, 'What Lovers Tell us about persuasion':
...we-are-a-couple-and-so. Of these types, by far the most successful is the last, where one of the pair will start the discussion by affirming the relationshipAs Cialdini puts it,
Back in the 1960s, the brilliant media commentator Marshall McLuhan observed that often in the realm of mass communication, "the medium is the message." I'm willing to claim that often, in the realm of social influence, the relationship is the message.
Again an idea of changing the world view so that the relationship is affirmed first and therefore taken out of the argument.
At the Nub, a quick point about skills vs education and a good point that skills are more important, although I wouldn't do without my education I wish someone have given me more skills than I have got. A mind shift from myself becuase my world view has almost always been about how important academic (book learning) is compared to getting your hands dirty (figuratively as well as acutally).
Overall point is nothing new or startling but simply that how you view the worl colours your life. That can often be an advantage but also a huge disadvantage. Message to me is to always trry and keep an open mind and be more positive in my approach, not assuming that everyone thinks like me.