WHAT IS “WE SQUEAK”

When I talk about “we squeak” what am I talking about? 

I have used this term in a couple of posts now and I want to clarify what I mean by it.

• Is “we squeak” the noise a mouse makes?  Nope
• Is “we squeak” the noise that is heard when we are complaining and whining about things we don’t like – a little bit, but not really.  That might be more correctly called “squeeking” as in the squeeky wheel.
• Is “we squeak” a noise we make when we get stepped on or surprised? – sometimes.
• Is “we squeak” the noise we make when we are all talking about the same thing, but using different words to say it?  That is pretty close.

To me “we squeak” is when we are having the same discussions about the same important subjects, using different ways to discuss it:  day after day, session after session, time after time without actually doing anything about those important subjects, beyond talking about them. 

“We squeak” is simply re-hashing the same subject over and over again (even though it might be different people “squeaking”).  Those 4 to 5 subjects entice us with that siren’s call we can’t resist.  That is the problem because there are no clear cut solutions to those 4 or 5 subjects, no matter how much we talk about them or “we squeak” at them and want to resolve them.  Those problems are greater than our limited powers to solve them are. 

What is a solution to “we squeak” – I don’t know the answer to that question, if I did maybe I could go out and make big bucks on the lecture/convention circuit and give electrifying presentations on how to resolve “we squeak” and have the Twitter back channel sing my praises.  

Actually I don’t  think that “We squeak” is a bad thing, it is just that somethings we don’t have any control over and continually “squeeking” about them do not change how they are.

What do you think of this definition of “we squeak”?