#1446 - Does it make sense?
We do things better when they make sense to us.
I would even dare to say that we do things only when they make sense to us. The way we make sense of something, however, is very subjective.
We give meaning to things. They may or may not have a meaning in themselves, but that's for another conversation.
What I'm trying to say is that the experience of reality is subjective. So, we are the meaning makers of everything we experience, including our actions.
Even when we follow an order and do something that we believe is meaningless, we do that because it makes sense for us to obey that meaningless order.
How we make sense of anything is subjective and complex. It is a mix of logic, emotions, memories, beliefs, conditionings, etc. The variables are infinite.
Until we don't make sense of something, we won't do it. That's why sometimes we declare we will do something, and then we don't. Somewhere inside, the thing we want to do does not make sense. Maybe, at the logical level, it makes perfect sense. But there may be an unconscious belief holding us back. What Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey call "Immunity to Change".
So, sense-making should be an essential step in any initiative, particularly when it's collective.
This is mainly a reminder or an invitation to myself. Because there are a few things I want to do or said I will do that I'm not doing. At least, not with the speed and effectiveness I'd like. So, there must be a gap of sense somewhere that I need to explore.