Latest / Thursday Think Bites / Episode22 - The Movie didn't change, I did
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- Prashanthi Nuthi: This weekend, ⁓ when we invited friends and family ⁓ for barbecue party, our daughters came over with their ⁓ We had a time, great food, ⁓ played volleyball, lot of fun. Hello friends. Have you watched an old movie that you ⁓ loved as teenager? ⁓ I just and I was totally surprised. ⁓ As a ⁓ I used think the main character was ⁓ so so and inspiring. But now I watched after so many years, ⁓ the reaction was totally different. was like, why is this person behaving like this? The movie did not change, but I did. As a teenager, I watched the movie from the seat of possibilities. But now, as an adult, as a parent, I'm watching the same movie from the seat of responsibilities. As soon as I realized this, I started seeing a pattern. But I realized there used to be a time when I was the one coming home and people celebrating me. And now I was the one next to the grill ⁓ entertaining the ⁓ who came over. ⁓ Same person, different seats. And a similar pattern happened at work. ⁓ I met this guy ⁓ who was technically savvy and AI expert. We had such insightful conversations. ⁓ And when was talking to my prior I was telling him how excited and impressed I was with this young talent. That's when he laughed and said, that's how generations keep moving. And that hit me hard because there used to be a time when others used to talk about me like that. And now I was talking about the younger talent. We don't change overnight. But we slowly move seats from student to mentor, from rebel to parent, from new hire to hiring manager. And every time we move seats, the way we look at things change. Here's the micro-boost for you today. Before you make your next station, just ask yourself whose seat are you designing it from? every ⁓ you a seat forwards, ⁓ you seeing things differently. ⁓ Remember actions, big impact. ⁓ Until meet again next time, let's keep making impact together. Thank you.