Field Notes #7

You see something. You think you know what it means. You're probably wrong.

That's projection—overlaying your internal narrative onto what you observe, assuming it's universally true. It produces assumptions. And assumptions need luck not to become errors.

Interrogation is different. You see something, you recognize you don't know what it means, and you ask. You lead with curiosity instead of certainty.

There's a sword on my wall. Clients notice it, then tell me what it means. Leadership. Masculinity. Warrior energy. They're projecting. They're wrong. They'd have to ask to find out it's about limits—a gift from my wife who saw something in me before anyone else did.

But this isn't about the sword. It's about you.

Look around your space right now. The objects that survived every move, every purge—they're pointing at something. Categories stored in your subconscious. Cues embedded in your soma.

You already know what they mean. You just haven't asked yet.

Stop projecting onto yourself. Interrogate instead. "Why did this get to stay? Of all the things that have traveled through my life, why is this here?"

The answer is already at your fingertips. You just have to stop assuming you already know it.

THIS IS NOT TRAINING. IT'S CALIBRATION.

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– Robert (Sherpa) Millar | Bespoke Compass