AtQ - What Might This Mean For You?

Exploring Powerful Questions

In this week’s Talking Note we explored this idea that meaning is everywhere. It is embedded in the thoughts and actions that we express daily. It is organized into the cultures, institutions, and societal norms that we swim in. I proposed that we are not so much meaning-making machines, as much as meaning-discoverers.

What we think something means is important. It will guide future decisions, even the building of entire mental models. However, we don’t always articulate the meanings we discern. Sometimes we act without thinking – acting on what we assumed something meant rather than a clearer picture of reality.

Our question this week is a doorway into the clearer picture.

What might this mean for you?

Meaning is a category of thought that attempts to understand what is behind the visible world that we see. Didn’t get invited to a party? It might mean that the host doesn’t like you. It might mean that they limited guests, and you didn’t make the cut. It definitely means that you aren’t formally invited.