More banging my head against the wall of "web of goals" diagramming:
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I'm starting to get why Jacob says he doesn't actually do this. I actually felt like I was getting some utility and insight from the earlier diagramming I was doing (the upper right hand, which was just a start that I aborted), which was similar to Quadalupe's, but that I know understand clearly is *not* a Web of Goals, it's something else. A network diagram of stocks, causality, feedback loops, etc. I think the thing that was tripping me up is I was conflating the idea that L7 is "systems thinking", and then thinking that the WoG's diagram should therefore be a "systems diagram" (as I understand it as an engineer), which it's not.
I felt like I definitely got some utility out of doing L6 yields reverse fishbone doodling (upper left, and the text in the lower right), but then when I attempted to put it into a WoG like in Ch5 it just turned into a mess and I didn't get anything out of it.
The thing in the middle is structurally a Web of Goals, but I'm not sure if it's useful at all.
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Something that occurs to me, is that at a lower competence level at L7 thinking, it's easier to see and correct for *negative* first and second order goals, and how they conflict with other goals. E.g., it was easy for me to see how my "Extreme mountain biking" goal was at odds with my "Go Carfree" and "Be seminomadid" goals. No diagramming needed for that insight. I just needed a hueristic like "Think this through, self: in order to DH mtb, you kinda need a car, dontcha? And DH mtb isn't the only active method you have for getting things like fun and social times, right? Right. So this goal is kind of dumb, isn't it? Yeah, let's sell that thing before it depreciates any more."
That said, over the past week or so I've been noodling over how my "seminomadic", "dirtbag design/build", "digital artist", and "BEER" goals might all connect. My usual method for building something (like my cargo trailer, container build, or concentric energy recovery ventilator) is to first design it in 3d, then build it. It wouldn't take much effort to take those 3d models I'm going to build anyways, polish 'em up, and make a cool sort of retro patent-style art print out of it, and sell it on Etsy as a digital download. (Hey, people buy dumber stuff.)
I could also turn it into an animation, use my existing video editing skills, and try my hand at pulling some income from youtubing. I could also use the good-enough camera and sound equipment I have to record some videos of the builds when I actually finish them and toss that into the mix. Side effect/goals include passive income, creative self-expression, potential social hookups (people I'd vibe with find my stuff and introduce themselves, leading to future cool projects), and being a visible example of alternative low-impact lifestyle choices.
But to Jacob's point, I didn't need to actually construct a diagram to get that insight. It's just kind of obvious once I let my mind wander around the L6 yields exercise for a bit.