365QOD- Day1208

Habits of The Mind - Connection

"Connection: Is there a pattern? Have we seen something like this before?"- Deborah Meier

 As I have written before I believe that we tend to live busy lives.. Because of this we often tend to miss obvious things that we should be noticing.  It is not only new things that we miss.  We also miss things and experiences that we have gone through before.  By missing them we end up repeating them and the mistakes.

I believe that Deborah wisely advises us to stop and notice patterns.  And more importantly, ask ourselves if we have seen that pattern before.  That pause allows us to remember what we did in the past and recall if it was effective.  This could completely change our strategy so that we do not repeat our mistakes.

By noticing the pattern we are more likely to be able to get out of the"do the same thing but expect a different result" infinite loop.  That infinite loop is the ultimate sign of insanity.  The pause should kick us out of the pattern and allow us to pose new questions and find new answers.

Today's question is:

"Do you pause to see old a patterns?"