I met a wise friend I’d learned a lot from after a decade. It was wonderful to be able to recount a few of the things I’d learnt that have stayed with me a decade later. The biggest lesson of them all was – “Don’t confuse good outcomes with good decisions.” I think about that idea regularly.
It got me thinking about just how special that is. The imprint we leave on people when they learn something of value because of what we do or say is a special one. It can provide perspective that changes many lives.
The path to that isn’t to go around looking to teach. That just makes us annoying.
It is, instead, to simply be a person of value. Like most meaningful things in this life, others learning from interactions with us is just a byproduct of that good product.
