14 Oct

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If Writing in Community is training as a sous chef, Then Build a Second Brain is figuring out my mise en place, And Write of Passage is teaching me flavour profiles and plating. How three writing courses helped me improve as a writer. “What are we grateful for this year?”  We are all gathered around...

26 Jun

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I am celebrating this year of writing by sharing six different and wonderful reviews of the book that came together once I got into a habit of daily writing. "Emotions create habits" -- BJ Fogg Tiny Habits 3-6-5-series: This post is part of a series: Celebrating 365 days of continuous writing Simple Discipline Takes...

05 Mar

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Parenting is a journey. It has its ups and downs.

The short read

If you have been following my work, you will know that I work by connecting dots. Here are the dots for today's post:
  • Parenting is like hiking in un(der)-developed terrain. There is no road map. If you are lucky someone who came before may hand you a contour or topographical map. Bring your own compass.
  • Any parent will tell you that what worked with child one often does not work with child two. Each child is a unique parenting journey.
  • There are highs and lows throughout the journey.

15 Dec

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My Manifesto for a Moral Revolution part 1 What is the “impossible” you dare to imagine as “possible”? What is the story about the future or an alternate reality your manifesto will tell? What will help you sustain and thrive throughout this work? Jacqueline Novogratz asks these questions in the Acumen class Path of...

28 Jul

Posted at 23:14h in covid-19, EQ skills, Future of Work, GenZ, GenZ Parent, Newsletter, Uncategorized by
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What is Gap Year Podcast? This podcast explores the many questions that invariably appear when anyone considers a gap year. Faced with the uncertainty of a freshman university experience in the presence of COVID-19, this year present there is a greater debate for those considering a gap year as a natural pause...

15 May

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This episode was taped for Simon Ratcliffe, host of the podcast Turning the Tables. He invited a number of podcasters from across the globe to submit their thoughts on how we have turned the adversity of this COVID-19 experience into an advantage - a core and recurring theme in his...

27 Apr

Posted at 12:56h in covid-19, EQ skills, Future of Work, GenZ, GenZ Parent, Millennial, new normal, Newsletter by
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A letter to my time-travelling self

I hope you will enjoy this wonderfully whimsical video made by Comedian Julie Nolke. She has a conversation with her January 2020 self. Her video inspired this post. Enjoy a listen, then see if you can relate! Read on ...   [embed]https://youtu.be/xk_MHfOAfRQ[/embed]  

Monday morning quarterbacking the COVID-19 crisis

It will be easy to write history. When this COVID-19 crisis ends, we will each have the advantage of hindsight, more information, more knowledge and so much data. We will easily be able to connect the dots looking backwards, and see where we could have, should have, would have done differently.

So, if you could time travel .....

What are 4 things you would tell your past self?

  1. Dream big & bold. Because the world realizes the word impossible no longer exists.
  2. Make your will. And get cracking on your 'big projects'. You never know when your time will be up.
  3. That goal to 'look good on camera' before venturing into video creation - don't sweat it. Focus on the content, not your looks. Your friends & family are quickly going to get used to seeing you sleepy-eyed, grey haired and in leggings.
  4. Take out the sewing machine and get it serviced.

Would you have listened to yourself?

For each item on my list, I would probably bring a lot of argumentation to my current self - a lot of constraints and boundaries. Many would be related to space & time. Which is funny because when I think about what I do, my favourite activity is to play with time. Which goes to show .... I think a lot of my resistance was centred on someone else's SHOULD do list, instead of my JUST do list.

Futurecasting

The FUTUREcasting workshops that I've developed are all about time travel, scenario planning and playing with options. Watching for signals. Reading the virtual tea leaves. It is a little like being the proverbial indigenous scout - who knows how to track wildlife based on paw prints and broken twig indicators. The workshops allow us to visit a variety of possible futures - and creating a framework for operating that will function adequately in all, optimally in some and read the signals so we know when to switch to a different toolkit.

Growth mindset

  • Do you have an open mind?
  • Are you willing to entertain ideas that others consider nonsense?
  • Do you trend towards abundance or scarcity?
  • Do you love watching McGyver or Apollo-13 and get a thrill when you read how someone jerry-rigged a ventilator?
We need your ideas as we re-invent and re-imagine a new normal.

What next?

Now knowing which constraints have been so easily broken right across the globe, and how the economy, society and politics are all in upheaval

What letter will you write to your future self?

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