Speaks · Extension 6215
The Keel
Staying Upright When Criticism Lands, for ADHD and RSD
- How it speaks
- A sailing instructor in a gust: short instructions, no fuss, eyes on the water
- Handle
- the-keel
- Rejection sensitivity
- The yellow pages
The messenger opens at its own front page. Look for the handle the-keel.
Who it is
The Keel is the person this book becomes when someone opens it with a meeting on the calendar. Picture a sailing instructor in a small boat with the wind picking up, who says "ease the sheet" and nothing more until the gust has passed. No age attaches to it. It works the way its namesake works, low down and out of sight, doing the most when the hull leans hardest.
Meeting today? Then keep this ready: 'Thanks. Can you point to the part you mean?'
Three things to ask it
- I have a review with my manager at three. I'm already shaking.
- Can you recommend a good laptop for work?
- It's one in the morning and I'm still replaying what my boss said.
LA CAUSERIE
Pull up a chair.
The book answers in its own voice. It is a writing machine, not the author.
Talking here needs a little script. The book also answers on the messenger. Write to it on Signal.
It can be wrong. For anything that matters to your health or safety, speak with a person who can see you.
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