Louise Smith

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Smoke & Mirrors

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                                                                     Obfuscation is my new favourite word !

Obfuscation is the obscuring of the intended meaning of communication by making the message difficult to understand, usually with confusing and ambiguous language 

It's like a company or organisation with 

1. Shareholders                             Unrealistic                     Expectations Down
2. President                                    Obfuscation                 Experts Up & Down 
3. Executive                                    Obfuscation                 Experts Up & Down
4. Middle Management               Obfuscation                 Experts Up & Down
5. Worker                                         Mushroom                   busy trying to survive by making a living


                                                                         Obfuscation is my new favourite word !

Obfuscation is the obscuring of the intended meaning of communication by making the message difficult to understand, usually with confusing and ambiguous language 


Smoke & Mirrors

I've put up with politics in every work place I've been in.
As I aged gracefully, I learnt how to stay out of major drama

But it's everywhere, encouraged by all types of media & even by the President of USA

I am totally underwhelmed by drama

I want a quiet life

I'm tired of struggling to constantly prove I can do my job,
jumping through a merry go round of hoops
where the hoops are the same
but their names/titles mysteriously change every 5 - 10y


It's like nature / nurture

Phonics / look & say reading approaches

Rote / experiential learning (How did you learn your times tables?)

% / criteria / KPIs / OPs / TEs ......


There is nothing new under the sun  just the endless recycling of unnecessary Promotions 

with accompanying Ground Breaking theories, research & practice....


That's why History is now rarely taught in High School


Leaders (?) don't want us to learn from our mistakes

               We might learn to see through their rhetorical palaver

               We might expect them to work for the common good

               We might hold them accountable

               We might expect to be treated with equity

               We might expect to be treated with respect



                which after all           
                                                        between equals is freely given


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Louise Smith        PSYCHOLOGIST 

(Assoc MAPS) (QCT), B. A. (Hons) (Psych) (Japanese & Music), Dip. T. Prim. & Spec. Ed. (Hearing Impaired)

ICHP Foundation Certificate Course in Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy                                               2012
Comprehensive Training Clinical Hypnosis & Strategic Psychotherapy (Yapko):100-Hours                     2013 & 2016
Expanding Your Skills in Applying Hypnosis Strategically (Yapko):4 days Intermediate                                   2015

Make Positive Life Changes - Improve Assertiveness and Self Esteem
Deal with Depression, Anxiety, Anger and Stress
Cope with Workplace Issues - Team work, Setting Goals, Problem solving

 Enoggera Health Practice  -  Brisbane Queensland Australia         Email: smith.louise@optusnet.com.au



#Smoke #Mirrors #Obfuscation #Down #President
Comments

Louise Smith

5 years ago #15

#24
Ahhh Sigh Paul Walters when I look at your profile pic - I always imagine you are in Scandinavia COOL Walters ! Still Walters ! Deep Walters ! Fjords & such like... Then today I checked & I remembered the same as when I did so the last time that you live in Bali ? { That was when I had a gecko at this post https://www.bebee.com/producer/@https-twitter-com-paulvwalters/taking-a-peek-at-the-peak-district } 'Cause you seem ofay (au fait ) with things Aussie I thought that was unusual for a Northern Hemi I have been in some small quakes in Tokyo - a few times Richter 5 or 6 - everything shook I mean everything The glasses in the overhead cabinets were playing like an automated xylophone - One time I thought I'd drunk too much - Another I had to lean heavily on the lectern while teaching English to the class - Yet another literally the second I stood up out of bed (Western style not a futon on the floor) I was swaying I thought I had the dreaded lurgy with hallucinations, sweats & worse as I always got it in the Japanese Winter Even though I religiously got the jab & paid for it before I left Aus, the GPs never mentioned to me that it was 6 months behind So I was always exposed to the new Season's germs & inevitably succumbed The year I lived there, Japanese People I knew (& didn't know) took great glee at telling me I was there in the worst Winter in the last 10 years ( juu nenkan buri warukatta ! )

Paul Walters

5 years ago #14

#23
Louise Smith I do and I highly recommend it although we are having an earthquake or two right now

Louise Smith

5 years ago #13

#18
Yes Lisa Vanderburg You don't know how many times, I wish I lived on a tropical island !

Lisa Vanderburg

5 years ago #12

We have gone too far, lovely Louise Smith! Peace and quite is looking ahead; we won't find it here.

Louise Smith

5 years ago #11

Phil Friedman Hello ! Choke on the Smoke ? See ourselves dying ? Peace after death ? I know a good therapist who does telehealth ! Yes "The neat trick in life is learning to embrace the dialectic without becoming unkind. " is one of my main maxims. No obfuscation and mood-inducement about it ! It's a choice!

Louise Smith

5 years ago #10

#3
Bill King "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain." Like wizards there always seem to be a lot of pretenders. Unless he has a knife ? Just like you I am not young enough to know everything

Louise Smith

5 years ago #9

#1
Pascal Derrien What other way is there ? esp as I am now in the second glass half full of my life I'm a lot like Paul \ in that regard maybe not quite as brave !

Louise Smith

5 years ago #8

#9
Roberto De la Cruz Utria "behind the obfuscation lies mediocrity." One thing I really can't deal with is Mediocrity esp from people who actually know better Thank you

Louise Smith

5 years ago #7

#8
This makes me laugh Jerry Fletcher " when a company document is more about the company or product than it is about the concerns, interests and desires of the potential purchaser." I just thought this is standard practice !

Louise Smith

5 years ago #6

Thanks for sharing Joel Anderson

Harvey Lloyd

5 years ago #5

Maybe we need drama safe zones. Bravo i share your distaste for drama. If obfuscation is what the group experiences from an idvidaul through drama, then we could posit that the individaul is suffering from cognitive disonance. They sort this out through some Shakespearian process that we only see the two diminsions, while the third is obfuscated. Much like the human hiding their eyes from the baby as if we have disappeared. Great post. Maybe we should place signs at the entrance to our homes, businesses, THIS IS A DRAMA FREE ZONE. Displayed drama will incur rath and non participation. But i guess the sign itself would be drama itself. Oh well, enjoy the play, staring you and me. (Job Security)

Jerry Fletcher

5 years ago #4

Thank you Louise! Obfuscation is often intentional. It is when it is unintentional that bothers me most. Legal documents are possibly the best example of the latter. But, speaking as a marketing gut it tends ot happen when a company document is more about the company or product than it is about the concerns, interests and desires of the potential purchaser.

Debasish Majumder

5 years ago #3

wonderful buzz Louise Smith! enjoyed read and shared. thank you for the buzz.

Phil Friedman

5 years ago #2

It is always risky to play with smoke and mirrors because we might choke on the smoke and, even worse, we might catch a glimpse of ourselves in the mirrors. The only truly peaceful existence comes after death. The neat trick in life is, I think, learning to embrace the dialectic without becoming unkind. All of which might just be obfuscatory and mood-induced. Cheers!

Pascal Derrien

5 years ago #1

Straight to the point ☝️

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