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Contents 1 Outlook on life / wisdom nuggets 1.1 Choose one of those “outlooks on life” and answer the following questions: 1.2 1. Why and in which situations does this outlook on life help you in your everyday work life? 1.3 2. In what way could this insight be used in a destructive way or overused? 1.4 3. What other outlooks does it need to be balanced with? 1.5 4. Is this outlook on life one you would say is generally useful to other people? Or generally useful to group of people, say project managers? 2 General Questions 2.1 Are there outlooks on life that you think are important that software developers / project managers etc. have? 2.2 Is it possible to teach people these values? Why does this seem difficult? Or are they part of a person’s character? 2.3 Or is it more about reminding people of values they actually have? 2.4 Is it even ethical to try and teach other people values or outlooks on life?

Outlook on life / wisdom nuggets

Spend a few moments to think about what outlooks on life or insights into life help you in your everyday work life and write them down. You can use the list of Weinberg’s tools and/or the list of quotes ListOfQuotations as inspiration if you like.

Choose one of those “outlooks on life” and answer the following questions:

1. Why and in which situations does this outlook on life help you in your everyday work life?

2. In what way could this insight be used in a destructive way or overused?

3. What other outlooks does it need to be balanced with?

4. Is this outlook on life one you would say is generally useful to other people? Or generally useful to group of people, say project managers?

General Questions

Are there outlooks on life that you think are important that software developers / project managers etc. have?

Is it possible to teach people these values? Why does this seem difficult? Or are they part of a person’s character?

Or is it more about reminding people of values they actually have?

Is it even ethical to try and teach other people values or outlooks on life?

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