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2021-12-04 01:37:57 +00:00
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<a href="/~rogbeer/2020/02/26/bright-morning/">
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A story I wanted to share on the web-site LinkedIn
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2021-12-04 01:37:57 +00:00
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<time datetime="2020-02-26T00:00:00+00:00" class="post-date">26 Feb 2020</time>
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2021-12-04 01:37:57 +00:00
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<p>Years ago, I read a book by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-d-souza-5351712/">Steven D’Souza</a>
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and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-renner-24895232/">Diana Renner</a>, titled
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“Not knowing: The art of turning uncertainty into opportunity”.</p>
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<p>If you want to know more about that book, you can check out its page on
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Goodreads.com (because the rest of this post is not going to talk much about that book) :</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18210266-not-knowing">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18210266-not-knowing</a></p>
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<p>After reading the book, I was inspired to write a blog-post, which, generally speaking,
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was about the impact that the book had on me.</p>
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<p>So, fast-forward three years: Steven, who, as you recall, is co-author of the above-mentioned book,
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leaves a comment on my blog:</p>
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<p>Thank you for sharing the impact of our book on you Pheng Heong.
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Your writing is honest and eloquent. Steven</p>
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<p>And I probably have a fan-boy moment: who is Steven in the world, and I - who am I kidding - who am I
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in the world? <em>that</em> Steven is talking to <em>this</em> me?</p>
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<p>But if I view Steven and I as fellow travellers into the unknown, maybe he and I are
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not that different from each other. Steven (and Diana, his co-author) may have more experience
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in life than me, but they highlight, in their book, that they do not want to be seen
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as experts about the unknown - if anything, they encourage one to explore the unknown for oneself.
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My role, then, is clear: if Steven and Diana are offering wisdom about such an adventure,
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so to speak, then I can be, and I am, happy to receive that wisdom. (despite the discomfort,
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and even dread, that encountering the unknown often engenders in me).</p>
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<p>It may be that I have my individual, unique, experience of the unknown to undergo,
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but I am happy to have the wisdom that Steven and Diana have distilled, via their book,
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to bear in mind, all the while.</p>
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<p>You can view my above-mentioned blog-post here:</p>
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<p><a href="http://phtan.github.io/blog/post/2016-05-06-not-knowing/">http://phtan.github.io/blog/post/2016-05-06-not-knowing/</a></p>
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<p><em>This post was originally intended for publication on the social-media web-site LinkedIn,
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but what I’ve prepared for that web-site was somehow lost. Now I type a new draft,
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and post it first on this current Internet-address, with plans to subsequently post, or syndicate,
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it (back) to LinkedIn.</em></p>
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