Learning from Loss

"It's better to conquer grief than to deceive it." - Seneca

• The Stoics intended to teach us to face, process and deal with emotions immediately instead of running from them. Distraction might be pleasant in the short term but focusing is better in the long term.
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• Repeatedly remind your team that they’re part of a learning organization to make them focus on learning.
• Remind your people that you are all operating within complex systems, thus failures can be unpredictable.
• Failure is a normal part of the functioning of complex systems.

Joel and Ellie demonstrate that people can be both kind and compassionate, but also ruthless and violent, depending on the circumstances.

While humans can display kindness, empathy, and contribute to society, we can also be selfish, aggressive, and engage in unethical behavior. Understandin...