The Streetlight Effect
Today at a Glance
Programming Note: I'm experimenting with something new: The Friday Five will be split across four short weekday emails (1-2 minute reads). My goal is that this format will mean more of you are able to take action on these ideas and experience the growth that follows.
What’s a Rich Text element?
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There's an old story that goes something like this:
A drunk man is searching for his lost keys under a streetlight. A cop walks by and asks what he’s doing.
"Looking for my keys," the man replies.
"Did you lose them here?"
"No, but this is where the light is."
This story is the basis for something called The Streetlight Effect, which is the tendency to search for answers where it's easiest to look, not where the truth actually lies.
It's easy to default to what's comfortable:
- The assumptions we've always believed
- The routines we've always maintained
- The strategy we've always followed
- The measures we've always tracked
But sometimes that desire for comfort can lead you further from the actual goal. Sometimes you're just the drunk man searching for his keys under the streetlight.
It takes courage to leave the safety of the streetlight. To stumble around in the dark. To tolerate the uncertainty. To embrace what you've avoided.
But that's where your transformation begins.
So this weekend, ask yourself: What truths am I missing for fear of leaving the safety of the streetlight?
The answers you seek are found in the questions you avoid.
Remember that.
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