Part IV — The Practice

Two Capacities, One Material

The practice rests on two capacities held in one material: the capacity to remain, and the capacity to read. Everything in Stay · Sense · Shape is an application of these two.

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The question it turns on

Which capacity is the situation asking of you first?

Concepts in this chapter

  • Stay
  • Sense
  • Two capacities
  • Attention

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Where the argument is contested

The two capacities compete for the same attention under pressure, and most leaders default to one of them.

To sit with

  • Which capacity do you reach for automatically, and what does that cost?