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New Rule: Things Change Mahr getting to the heart of the matter. Couldn't agree more. In grad school I took a course in the Politics department, co-taught by Khalil Shikaki, a prominent Palestinian pollster based in Ramallah who runs the PCPSR, and Shai Feldman, an Israeli professor and senior fellow at the Belfer Center who founded the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis. The goal of the course was to present the I/P conflict, its (documented) history, and especially to lay out the Israeli and Palestinian narratives and how each has evolved over time. The course is still taught - they have brought on an Egyptian professor to represent the pan-Arab narratives, and together they have co-written a textbook for the course. I'm a little jealous, as the reading list for this course when I took it in 2010/11 was INSANE. I wrote a paper for one of my assignments that I called "Israel-Palestine: No Longer Existential." Based on everything I had learned and read in the course, and even understanding the myriad various narratives, true, half-true, or fully hogwash, on all sides, I quite sincerely didn't believe any sane person in either Israel or Palestine truly believed that their future included the wholesale extermination or ejection of the entirety of the other. At one time both sides kinda did think that way, or something like it. But it's been three-quarters of a century. Things evolve. Compromise is almost inevitable. I certainly didn't think any sane person *outside* of that chunk of land harbored any such delusions: that either the Palestinian or Israeli people could be, should be, or were, facing an existential threat. I went and lived in the West Bank in 2014. Volunteering for a local UNRWA-funded CSO, whose mission was purportedly to teach democracy and good governance to youth. I saw and heard a lot of things that summer. It concerned me to have private conversations with people about a two-state solution (in which Palestine had true sovereignty) being a feasible, if imperfect, solution to things, only for those same people to loudly declare one state 'from the river to the sea' was the only acceptable outcome when others were present. It angered me to see the obvious and pervasive corruption in UNRWA programming. Even so - and it was a rough summer - I thought the concepts in that paper still held water. I became friends with good people in the WB. Surely “successive approximation” was possible. Watching everything unfold since 10/7, I realize how far the narrative has been pushed, and that not only Hamas, not only Hamas supporters in the WB and Gaza, but an alarmingly large number of Their supporters abroad seem to believe that this problem is Justifiably Existential. That the State of Israel not existing at all is an option to choose. In 2011, maybe I was right. The threat wasn’t an existential one. Today, that paper and those notions no longer hold water, and that is Alarming.

Where are you on a comfort level of being able to say “no”? ⚖️ If we look at a quick scale with 1 being that you can’t do it/never do it and 10 is that you have mastered saying no - where do you sit on this scale? 🗯️What is this telling you? What will you do? 😧Saying “no” is a common subject raised in my coaching practice and it requires accountability. It also requires space and thinking time to be action-led. ⚽️Whether you are a football fan or not, I’m sharing the below post from Gary Neville with thanks because it highlights a helpful perspective and offers some takeaways beyond just sport and leadership: ✅ It explores the theme of lessons learnt/reflections looking back. ➡️This is valuable to shape where you are going next. ✅ At what point will you know you need to take action? ➡️ How will you know this is impacting you? ✅ What impact is not saying no having on your mind, body and spirit? ➡️ How can you address this? ✅ What will you do about it? ➡️ Accountability ❓How do you say no? 👇

"Bringing back Black Man Magic; Living One's Most Authentic Life" from Tony Award winner Andre de Shields, the man who gave us the three cardinal rules for ability and longevity: ~ "Surround yourself with people whose eyes light up when they see you coming, ~ Slowly is the fastest way to get to where you want to be, ~ The top of one mountain ⛰️ is the bottom of the next so keep climbing." We may all benefit from this sage advice rooted in wisdom, experience and good judgement. https://lnkd.in/gr9RSgt3

A classic speech from a classic class A, classy comedian. https://lnkd.in/ear-Jy4c

Golden nuggets here…. Watch this Look at how a winning team can work together If Metallica can act like this, how does a corporate team or sport organisation or whatever kind of group cannot? They are not where they are by coincidence How we can make it better!? #Connection #Commonground #process #Authenticity Great team work lesson, have a great fun to watch and share your thoughts 💭 https://lnkd.in/e8_JpjS9

His 3 keys to life as he cites: 1. Bust your ass 2. Pay attention 3. Fall in love Such an enjoyable speech especially parts pressing on the importance of humor.

You scared me... Scott Ritter...you scared me a lot. My internet connection has been little slow...not having a smooth run. But yes...rather than killing today...let us save the world by a day...postpone the killing by a day... Then another day... You know Scott Ritter... You make perfect sense. And you don't offer us, Indians, too any comfort either... Though we may not go down with the first strike...like the US, the broader Western allies ...much of NATO...or Russia and China too...down to 30%...70% destroyed and dusted whereas that may be 20% for India in early days...but that can't qualify for "Victory" to the US/West. Defining "Victory" is so nuanced and complicated in a global nuclear war. And people don't understand what waving red flags in such situations mean here...if that utter destruction scenario is 1%, or even 0.1%, waving red flags are wiser decisions than being war mongers or assuming Russia will not "trigger" the self destruction ... Or so for the large parts of the human civilisation. And you say the rough chance of such a scenario can be as high as 50%. Yes, people don't understand...

Own Your Uniquess: Define Your Impact Embrace being one of a kind. Embrace your uniquess. Stand tall, stand proud and inspire others to do the same. With love and care, Maty x #MindsetCoach #WomenEmpowerement #LeadershipDevelopment

so what is Yr thoughts x

In light of the circus 🎪 growing larger and larger, here's an apt reference; https://lnkd.in/ecRKAP-E