2026-04-02 18:57 UTC
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@eanakashima@hachyderm.io 2026-04-02 18:57
People just naturally start to go toward where you draw their attention, whether they want to or not. 🤷🏻 Might as well pick something good to point at. This lesson has many applications right now.
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@davep@infosec.exchange 2026-04-02 20:58
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io Works with motorbikes too 👍
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@jackeric@beige.party 2026-04-02 21:00
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io my bus instructors and various flying instructors have said similar... i.e. if you look at the kerb you'll hit it, you should instead look down the road... and when landing you should look at the far end of the runway, because if you look at the ground close to you you'll misjudge and hit it hard
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@TimPhon@lingo.lol 2026-04-02 21:16
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io I first learned this in a "regular" (not whitewater) canoe course. Important for survival there! I can totally see the transfer to business and other spheres - thanks for sharing!
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@DrSuzanne@ohai.social 2026-04-03 00:51
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io what’s it called in whitewater rafting when the raft flips and you have to save yourself? Hypothetically. Not that this has ever happened to me. Twice. Also, we’ll done!
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@boredzo@mastodon.social 2026-04-03 04:07
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io I think I'd heard this phrase but didn't know it came from rafting and kayaking. Thanks for the background! And I sure do have to keep reminding people “tell people what to do, not just what not to do”… In the vein of not focusing people's attention in an unwanted direction, I'm reminded of this bit from the 1987 edition of the Apple Human Interface Guidelines (second paragraph):
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@openrisk@mastodon.social 2026-04-03 05:00
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io now if you could only build on this and get us in the world wide fediverse to "point positive" instead of perma-ranting against all and every hazard, that would be no small feat 🙏
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@timsev@mastodon.social 2026-04-03 05:17
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io The benefits of this are obvious to me when facing immediate threats where there's no time to orient and plan a path to safety. Sharing common language so that you can get to safety with a single glance is huge. Bringing this to the office, where emergencies are rarely this immediate, seems to be little more than applying the name to preferred behaviour where we want people to do more than just point out problems. Is that assessment correct, or is there more to this?
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@froztbyte@mastodon.social 2026-04-03 05:40
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io Ah, the flipside term to target fixation, nice. TIL!
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@zeank@mastodon.social 2026-04-03 06:04
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io @praveen@social.masto.host society is not immutable. If you just avoid conflict, always take the way of least resistance, never fixing things, never identifying obstacles and problems to address everything will stay bad for everyone forever. If your job is like a death ride on a wild river reconsider your life choices, if you have enough privilege to do so.
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@otte_homan@theblower.au 2026-04-03 06:15
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io this is how you learn to avoid the brick on the road when trying a bicycle for the first time.
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@CAFCA47@mastodon.scot 2026-04-03 07:05
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io Strikes me as basic - when walking in a crowd most tend to walk towards the gaps not the obstacles or people.
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@march@mstdn.io 2026-04-03 09:22
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io @formschub@fnordon.de 😍🤩
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@hzulla@infosec.exchange 2026-04-03 09:22
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io Thank you for sharing this. Didn't know that term and it's great to learn it.
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@Tijn@dosgame.club 2026-04-03 09:24
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io I did a skid course some years ago and the first and foremost thing they tell you is "never look at obstacles, instead look at where you want to go". It's honestly kind of magical, but if you just keep your eyes focused on where it's safe to be, then you're most likely to end up exactly there.
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@Leszek_Karlik@circumstances.run 2026-04-03 13:07
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io I knew the concept from motorcycle (and bicycle) training, but not the term "point positive" which is excellent, thanks, TIL. :-)
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@Megawatt@infosec.exchange 2026-04-03 19:30
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io This thinking saved my life once when I was riding a motorcycle.
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@shapr@recurse.social 2026-04-04 01:11
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io this relates to my complaint about signs like "low flying aircraft". Should I get a really big butterfly net? Should I dodge? What's the recommended action?
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@zeruch@mastodon.social 2026-04-04 08:09
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io I learned a variation of this that's basically distilled down to say "yes, if" not, "no, unless"
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@TAVCreations@ottawa.place 2026-04-04 08:56
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io I love this! Done this while canoeing too! And it’s a great approach concept I’ll try to remember when teaching!!
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@Oaktag@infosec.exchange 2026-04-04 17:19
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io Same with hang gliding. "Look where you want to go". If you look at the ground, you fail to launch; if you look at the horizon, you go into the sky
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@coth@social.creatureofthehill.com 2026-04-05 05:39
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io Teachers have been doing this for a very long time. When you finish on a word that is what children latch onto in the moment. So when you say to a child "Don't run' they essentially hear run. Instead if you say "Stand still" or "Name, stop" you get a better chance of them processing and doing what you want. "Don't hit" becomes "Use kind hands". You cannot get the perfect last word, but you can avoid the negative ones. More importantly, you can always describe the behaviour you want, which is better. Because kids are people, this works on all people even when they get bigger.
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@tlemmink@mastodon.online 2026-04-05 12:14
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io Alpine Skiing lesson “ski the snow, not the trees” is the phrase I was told.
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@RealGene@hachyderm.io 2026-04-05 12:53
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io This works for slicing bread, too. Focus on a point at the bottom of the loaf; that's where the knife will go.
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@GinevraCat@toot.community 2026-04-05 16:29
@eanakashima@hachyderm.io I love this excellent advice.