Typos, Grammar, Syntax, & Content Improvement - Megathread
- under #6: “And after you have made your move public, you might turn around only to realize too late that there is walking the talk and backing you up.” [“there is no one walking”]
- under #9: “The truth is his: most people will always put themselves…” [“this”] and “The company, which represents the interests of the owners, the shareholders, and the C-suite, will always serve its interest above those of the employees.” [“its interests”] and “When the interests will start diverging… You will realize.” [“start”]
- under #11: “Or make what you should always do: …” [“do”] and “Better yet: don’t flirt too much at work” [missing “.” at end of sentence]
- under #12: “They communicate there is a group of higher-earner…” [“higher-earners”]
- there are two #15 (which makes #16 become #17, and the title of the page possibly change to “17 Political Landmines You Must Know Of”)
Boom!
Thank you so much, Bel!
Fixed it now.
- under Beating Political Animals, #4: “If she had called prospect as often as she tried to reach me, she would still have a job.” [“prospects”] and “Or I’d organize and encourage customer and prospects to call my cellphone. That way there was no meetings I could invite her…” [“customers” and “were”]
- under #5: “Might seem a small detial, but it was an important win for me.” ["detail"] and “I was feeding back to him how awesome it was to live there” [missing “.” at end of sentence]
- under #7: “Here’s is another trap political animals sometimes fall into.” [“Here’s another”] and “We just had one person above us, but we had the incubators founders and lots of deep-pocket people around.” [“incubator’s”]
- under #10: “He knows the powerseeker does not like him, he knows that the results between you tow are not comparable, and he knows the powerseeker is going all0in on politics.” ["two" and "all in"]
- under High-Performing Powerseekers: “And what’s if you’re dealing with a high-performing powerseeker?” [“what if”]
- under “Political Animals In Cahoots With Boss: “And may I remind you that when my mother died, I was back in the officeon” ["office on"] and “It’s not a given, but this is still a great way to handle to defend one’s own power, status… And job security.” [“to handle defending”]
BOOM!
Thank you Bel, fixed it now.
- under Legal Assault: “And any witnesses who can testify against your boss or employer is pure gold” [“are” and missing “.” at end of sentence]
- under Political Assault: “Drop hints if needed, but make someone else admit first they can’t stand the boos.” [“boss”] and “You: Man, this company/team has such great potential and I love you guys..“ [double “.”]
- under Re-Empowering Against A Commanding Boss: “2. Change attitude: if you’re the last in the rung and.or early in your career…” [“and/or”]
- under How to Stop Disrespect: “Her: make it official to discreetly ignore you” [“difficult”] and “to this day, I still don’t knowwhat those asterisks are supposed to cover” and “I consciously decide not to defend myself and to stand being my “idiocy”.” [“by” or “in”] and “One, because it’s higher power not to defend in spite of being frame an idiot.” [“framed”]
- under Leveraging Your Leverage: “Boss: Look Matt, I heard some complaints about you working with headphones on..” [“…”] and “You: Boss, I think I am good employee” [“am a good”] and “Boss: Matt, you simply gotta stop using those earphone” [“earphones”]
[OFF TOPIC]
The sentence in this lesson on the effects of not handling public disrespect was eye-opening: it makes you lose the respect of everyone else faster than light.
In reading it, I instantly understood why people used to treat me as they did. Painful, but I now also understand that from now on this won't ever happen again. Because I agree that nothing is worth tolerating disrespect, and from now on I will sacrifice anything to redress disrespect from wherever it comes.
Thank you so much, Bel!
Queued this for fixing it ASAP.
Quote from Bel on May 17, 2022, 1:13 amThe sentence in this lesson on the effects of not handling public disrespect was eye-opening: it makes you lose the respect of everyone else faster than light.
In reading it, I instantly understood why people used to treat me as they did. Painful, but I now also understand that from now on this won't ever happen again. Because I agree that nothing is worth tolerating disrespect, and from now on I will sacrifice anything to redress disrespect from wherever it comes.
OFF-TOPIC
Absolutely.
Public VS not public is one of the main variables that moves a power move in the "harm" scale.
On the other hand, when you're the one who has to give tough feedback, you always want to be more power protecting in public settings and when there are others around.
Edit:
And also says a lot about the person who does it publicly.
They're either really clueless -but most people do have a feel for this, so cluelessness is rare-, they don't give a s*it about you, or they willingly wanted to double harm you.
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Quote from Lucio Buffalmano on May 17, 2022, 5:45 amPublic VS not public is one of the main variables that moves a power move in the "harm" scale.
And also says a lot about the person who does it publicly.
They're either really clueless -but most people do have a feel for this, so cluelessness is rare-, they don't give a s*it about you, or they willingly wanted to double harm you.
This is very helpful, and I think this should be in PU if not present already, maybe in that same lesson.
Another thought I had about another lesson here: https://thepowermoves.com/courses/power-university/lessons/frame-control-techniques/topic/4-common-mistakes-to-avoid/#3_Reacting_Defending_Justifying
You mention here that one should almost never defend. When I read it, it was immensely helpful. I wondered what defending subcommunicates: as to this, PU mentions that defending makes you fall in the accuser power frame.
Later, I was listening to this video:
He mentions (from here up to 4:18) that people who defend subcommunicate on an instinctive level that they are not so sure of themselves. Because when a person really believes something, that person does not defend, but just totally discount, in thought, words and action, what the other person says.
If it's not already present in PU, maybe a mention of this point could complement what's already there on this topic.
- under Enlightened Culture: “2. Perfect Meritocracy (Ideas)” [“ideas”, in analogy to “people” under point #1]; and “3. Hyper-realism: grounding plans and decisions on facts, proofs, and reality help to overcome human biases.” [“helps”]; and missing ending “.” under #5
- under 1.2. Radical Transparency: “Meetings are Bridgewater are also recorded and everyone can watch them.” [“at”]
- under 6.2. Pay More Attention To Fairness Of System…: “As an enlightened boss or found” [“founder”]; and “It’s totally fine to want to stay at the held of your own project” [“helm”]; and “And especially so fi you’re doing a great job” [“if”]
- under 2. The Need to Lead Must be Bigger…: “If so far you aren’t yet convinced, take a look at this dialogue between hyper-direct Steve Job” [“Jobs”]
- under 3.2 Criticize Without Discouraging: “Avoid consider yourself as “superior” to others”” [“considering”]
- under 4. Empower Top Performers: “3. Accept and ownership of tasks” [“take ownership”]; and “Kim Scott introduces a model she calls “Get Stuff Done” (GSD) to get the most out of toper performers:” [“top”]; and “Listening: you can do it quietly, like Tim Cook, or loud, like Steve Jobs, and demand that people challenge you. It’s the same. The point is that you want to get input from your top performers (this is the “radical honesty” of Rady Dalio). [“Listen”, “loudly” and “Ray”] and “Decide: great bosses often don’t decide themselves, but rather create a decision-making process that empowers those closes to the facts to make as many decisions as possible.” [“close”]
- under 5. For constant self-development: “They want competent lieutenants that help them do great work, and upholds them to the best leaders they can be.” [“uphold”]
- under 6. Prevent Backstabbing: “I remember Zig Ziglar power move on backstabbing, which was to say something like as soon as someone started complaining:” [“Zig Ziglar’s” and “like this”]
- under 7. Make Everyone Speak Up: “But it’s also dangerous that these people will “drawn out” those who speak less.” [“draw out”]
- under Note of Caution: “Somebody who’d watched the talk Tweeted me…” [“tweeted”]
- under Warning on “Bring Your Whole Self…: “I wrote this warning in pink because women are more likely to fully for the “authenticity trap”.” [“fall”]
Quote from Bel on June 2, 2022, 12:10 pm....
BOOM!
Thank you so much, Bel!
Fixed now.
P.S.:
The correction for one of the items was "drown out".
The risk of having super-engaged folks in your team is that they will drown out the shier ones and that you'll lose the shier folks' input (and, over time, also their engagement).
- under Overcoming Mental Stumbling Blocks: “Most authors agree there a few stumbling blocks that are common among women.” [“there are”]
- under #1. Mind The Confidence Gap: “The second reason the confidence gap seems bigger is that while some women actively seek to sound less confident, some men actively seek to found more confident.” [“sound”]
- under #2.2: “Here is how to avoid that from happening to you?” [“you.”]; and “Reframe failures are milestones to your goal” [“as”]; and “You also need to remind yourself if when you’re afraid of failure, or when failure happens” [“of this” or similar]; and “remember what we said that women…” [“when we said”] and “Every time something goes wrong, you tell yourself “oh well.. ”” [“…”]
- under #5: “Ask yourself: does the need to be liked stifles the full expression of your personality?” [“stifle”]
- under Should You Become More…: “As a matter of fact, internalize the male style while forgetting the female style is a risk you should consciously seek to avoid.” [“internalizing”]
- under Women in Business: “First, who ever said that a woman could not do not better than a man, in some selected endeavors?” [just suggestions here: I would consider writing “cannot do” and removing the part after the comma altogether]; and “Tempering that male blind drive to win with more concern for more stockholders is a good thing.” [“stakeholders”]; and "That's why, ultimately, it makes sense that if more women" ("that more")