know. Maybe it's just a cultural difference. We all grew up in New York City. He didn't.
Later that day, Mia has another opportunity to practice her Deblurring BU when Luca vents to her about his career frustrations. Listen in and try to spot the blur words:
Version 1
| Luca: | It's just frustrating. I'm not growing in my career anymore. |
| Mia: | Oof. That's not a good feeling. |
| Luca: | I'm not trying to make you feel bad about the manager thing. |
| Mia: | No, no. It's okay. This isn't about me. Is being a manager still one of your career goals? |
| Luca: | I guess it should be. There aren't many other paths for me to take, and the manager job seems … interesting. Maybe I can be a manager if our department keeps growing. |
| Mia: | I think that's realistic. Would it be helpful to come up with a plan for how you could prepare for that opportunity if or when it comes up? |
| Luca: | Yeah, I guess that's the responsible thing to do. |
They schedule a time to talk more, but then Mia notices that she's more enthusiastic about this plan than Luca is. Did she miss something blurry in the conversation? She decides to go back in time and try again, this time Deblurring the spots where she made assumptions:
Version 2: Do-Over
| Luca: | It's just frustrating. I'm not growing in my career anymore. |
| Mia: | I appreciate you talking to me about it. So we can figure this out together, I'm curious to hear: what does “growing” mean to you? |
| Luca: | I guess it means having new experiences. Learning new things. I think that's what was most interesting to me about the manager role. |
| Mia: | Yeah, I get that. And just to make sure we're talking about the same thing: what's an example of something you have learned that felt good? |
| Luca: | Hmm … Well, I had to learn about data visualization to be able to present our research. That was fun. I wish I had a lot more of those types of opportunities. |
| Mia: | How do you picture “a lot more”? In other words, how often do you wish you were learning new things versus using the skills you already have? |
| Luca: | I think having a new skill to work on every six months or so would be good. |
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Today's Date: |
| My takeaways: | |
| I regularly Deblur unclear words: | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (strongly disagree)(strongly agree) |
| Experiment idea bank: | If I hear a blur word, then I'll ask a Deblurring question like “What does __________ mean to you?”If I use a blur word, then I'll Deblur myself.If I'm delegating, then I'll Deblur the request. |
| One small experiment I'll try to increase my score by 1 point: | |
| Post-experiment Learning Extractions: |
My Learning Tracker
3 out of 7 Core BUs collected. 0 of 8 Core Skills collected.
| Q-step | Playback | Deblur | |||||
