"The biggest surprise for Putin, of course, was the West. All the nonsense about how the West is decadent, the West is over, the West is in decline, how it’s a multipolar world and the rise of China, et cetera: all of that turned out to be bunk......The West is a series of institutions and … Continue reading Defining the West
Month: March 2022
W.A.I.T.: Why Am I Talking?
"In the comments of my newsletter on interviewing and wanting to be a better listener, a reader told me about an acronym people in the coaching world use frequently: WAIT, which stands for “Why Am I Talking?”There’s something about this acronym that is more helpful and hits much harder than my usual “Shut up and listen” mantra.-Austin Kleon, "Why … Continue reading W.A.I.T.: Why Am I Talking?
