Brandon Marcus
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Brandon Marcus
Some Questions to Reflect or Journal On
- What’s a dominant narrative in your industry or community that no longer serves?
- What alternative story do you wish more people believed?
- Where in your work could you tell a bolder, truer, more hopeful story?
- What story are you living right now — and is it one you chose?
Elena Vasileva • The Role of Storytelling in Systemic Change
Francis Bacon warned that when we have no clear “prenotion or perception of what we are seeking, we seek and toil and wander aimlessly, as if in infinite space. Whereas, if we have a particular prenotion, infinity is at once interrupted.” When our attention narrows, we can move forward with purpose.
The Art of (Attention) War
attention and human scale
Looking at the work of psychologist Julian Rotter, we must ask, what is in our locus of control ? I.e. What can I directly act on right now? What is in our locus of influence . I.e. What can I not control, but can affect over time? What is in our locus of concern ? I.e. What are the things I deeply care about, but cannot meaningfully change? And... See more
The Art of (Attention) War
The idea that people perform for each other isn’t new. In 1956, half a century before the launch of Facebook, sociologist Erving Goffman pioneered the dramaturgical approach to viewing social life as theater. He viewed each of us as actors, playing roles on a public front stage to shape how others perceive us, and then retreating to the backstage... See more
The Art of (Attention) War
Reed Hastings has famously stated that Netflix’s main competition isn’t other media or entertainment companies. It’s sleep .
The Art of (Attention) War
The more suffering we try to absorb , the less we’re able to act . This is called psychic numbing. Compassion fatigue. It’s a defense mechanism where empathy and the ability to respond collapses as the scale of tragedy increases. The mind can’t metabolize the infinite, so it shuts down. This is why a single person’s story can sometimes move... See more
The Art of (Attention) War
One does not care to dissent when T. S. Eliot observes that “intellectual ability without the more human attributes is admirable only in the same way as the brilliance of a child chess prodigy.”