progress

Lose your Illusions. by steve goslin

Seth Godin once again cuts through the illusion of ease in what we do. This applies not only to bringing growth and life to our respective business, but everywhere else we might suffer from "magical thinking": relationships, health, our future.

It's easy to believe that not facing reality is a form of reprieve when actually that deception, no matter how innocuous or temporary, is a greater setback thank staring into the truth, and then responding.

Progress. by steve goslin

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive. cs lewis [1]

Progress means getting closer to the object we desire. Sometimes that means change, possibly even a complete alteration to our thinking or direction. Progress therefore invokes violence; violence of honesty, violence of action, and violence of consequence. Progress is not easy.

[1]: Christianity Today has a longer discussion of Lewis' use of progress and other "slippery" words we use poorly.