What really stood out for me the most was the process and the conduct of the individuals involved, specifically many political “leaders” in our nation. The Senate hearing was full of people ignoring each other, talking over each other, and not listening to or valuing what others were saying.
There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the controversial incident that occurred at the 2018 US Open final match between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka. I’ve waited until some of the dust has settled to write this post, but I don’t want to allow a teachable moment to pass by without notice.
If you don’t follow tennis and are unaware of what happened, you can read the story here. My goal is not to retell the story, but to share my thoughts about what happened and how it could have been avoided.
The last thing someone wants to do after a crushing defeat is to grab a rag and a mop and start cleaning. But that’s exactly what the Japanese National Team did.
Has anyone noticed how little eye contact there seems to be these days? I was wondering if it was just me or if there has truly been a decline in eye contact. So I went searching and what I found was quite interesting.
Adults these days are making eye contact somewhere between 30% – 60% of the time in an average conversation, according to research from a communications-analytics company. These numbers seemed fairly high to me, until I read further.
I was surprised by what I discovered.
‘You do you’ is a common slang phrase among young people. Translation (for those of us a generation removed): ‘Do whatever you believe/feel is right for you’. Our culture places a much greater emphasis on feelings and emotions for making decisions than we did in the past. Pro and Con lists seem to be a thing of the past. Now it’s do whatever you feel like doing.
Anxiety keeps us at home. Elation wants us to spend money we don’t have because we ‘deserve’ it. Hurt helps us think of ways to get back at people. Anger fuels obscenities or worse. Indignation wants the world to know via social media how we’ve been wronged.
No one will call anyone on it because, hey, ‘you do you.’