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Any important area of life has many (perhaps, unlimited) layers of understanding and application. This is certainly true with Joyful Productivity. Each time you return to one of the lessons, consider these 4 steps: Choose one concept, tool, or exercise from the Lesson that you're most interested to apply right now. All other ideas, put on the "back burner" for future consideration. It'll always be available to you to revisit. Choosing to apply one idea at a time will make your real-life learning more sustainable. Experiment as you apply it into your life or business. This means you're open to making "mistakes" as you try implementing the idea. Reflect on your real-life learning and implementation: add a comment underneath that particular lesson. Share your experience with the class. Ask any questions. Netcare by reading a few other comments and replying underneath them. Perhaps even reach out privately to someone to appreciate their reflection. By using these 4 steps again and again, you will spiral deeper (or higher) into your skillfulness with Joyful Productivity 👏🏽
Choosing just one skill. What a relief!!
I was going to skip this video thinking, oh that's not going to be very important, I know how to learn, right?
But this is so important.
The other three steps too. But this one struck me.
@Margo Helman Such a relief, indeed!
Choosing is also our brain's way of pointing out what is timely, relevant and relatable. We are ready to integrate only a subset of what is presented to us on any given day in any given context. I just thought of this, not sure if I heard it anywhere but it feels right.
I got to hang out with the delightful @Kristina Rogers who visited my town yesterday -- photo below. What a joy to meet in person after several years online! 🤗
If any of you plan to visit Mexico, try to swing by Ajijic :)
I got to hang out with the delightful @Kristina Rogers who visited my town yesterday -- photo below. What a joy to meet in person after several years online! 🤗
If any of you plan to visit Mexico, try to swing by Ajijic :)
Estoy alegre de escuchar estas buenas noticias :-)
I appreciate that creating content is an opportunity for exploring interests and topics that we believe might interest our audience, and I agree that writing is a great way to discover what you have to say about something. I accept George’s point that creating content consistently is a practice that we develop over time, and I accept the premise that disciplining ourselves to show up, do the work, and hold the results lightly makes sense as a way of building our capabilities to create content.
But there are no guarantees our content will land.
A coach friend of mind wisely told me that she has started taking programs and courses on topics that matter to her clients even if they are not topics that are her passionate interests..
This struck me as a worthwhile compromise to negotiate: What topic or issue is compelling enough for you for your development thst you want to invest time and resources to learn AND that is essential for clients.
Another aspect to think about is whether the topic or issue is broadly interesting is something that draws on your prior knowledge and expertise. Think AI in the last six months, equity, pandemic response and remote work in the last few years. I’m not suggesting getting on a popularity band wagon is a good idea if the topic or issue is not compelling to you. I suspect popular topics that are related to you experience and expertise are better to pursue than trying to develop expertise in a popular topic that is brand new you just because it is broadly popular. If you look at AI, for example, a lot of peole are clambering to profit from it, but those with a mix of practical and conceptual expertise are more likely to be able to create content fast enough and compelling enough to draw a crowd.
Drawing yet again from productivity and time management, ideas that are aligned with your purpose and values are worth considering . Susan David would likely say to pursue topics that lead you to closer to your values. Angela Duckworth would likely say if you do the work to articulate your top level goal, then I would use that statement to evaluate potential topics for not only how compelling to your clients and your own developmental interest but also the larger aim. For example, Duckworth aims to support psychology literacy through her work. If the topic you are considering don’t advance youe aim then think hard before pursing it.
So, I’ve surface some criteria that can help you decide what concepts to develop your expertise around to better serve clients:
What other criteria to you use to assess different bodies of knowlege to pursue?
I am curious what, if any of these ideas land for you.
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7/7 Nailed it! This was a fun challenge. Thank you, George Kao.
I appreciate that creating content is an opportunity for exploring interests and topics that we believe might interest our audience, and I agree that writing is a great way to discover what you have to say about something. I accept George’s point that creating content consistently is a practice that we develop over time, and I accept the premise that disciplining ourselves to show up, do the work, and hold the results lightly makes sense as a way of building our capabilities to create conten…
I appreciate that creating content is an opportunity for exploring interests and topics that we believe might interest our audience, and I agree that writing is a great way to discover what you have to say about something. I accept George’s point that creating content consistently is a practice that we develop over time, and I accept the premise that disciplining ourselves to show up, do the work, and hold the results lightly makes sense as a way of building our capabilities to create content.
But there are no guarantees our content will land.
A coach friend of mind wisely told me that she has started taking programs and courses on topics that matter to her clients even if they are not topics that are her passionate interests..
This struck me as a worthwhile compromise to negotiate: What topic or issue is compelling enough for you for your development thst you want to invest time and resources to learn AND that is essential for clients.
Another aspect to think about is whether the topic or issue is broadly interesting is something that draws on your prior knowledge and expertise. Think AI in the last six months, equity, pandemic response and remote work in the last few years. I’m not suggesting getting on a popularity band wagon is a good idea if the topic or issue is not compelling to you. I suspect popular topics that are related to you experience and expertise are better to pursue than trying to develop expertise in a popular topic that is brand new you just because it is broadly popular. If you look at AI, for example, a lot of peole are clambering to profit from it, but those with a mix of practical and conceptual expertise are more likely to be able to create content fast enough and compelling enough to draw a crowd.
Drawing yet again from productivity and time management, ideas that are aligned with your purpose and values are worth considering . Susan David would likely say to pursue topics that lead you to closer to your values. Angela Duckworth would likely say if you do the work to articulate your top level goal, then I would use that statement to evaluate potential topics for not only how compelling to your clients and your own developmental interest but also the larger aim. For example, Duckworth aims to support psychology literacy through her work. If the topic you are considering don’t advance youe aim then think hard before pursing it.
So, I’ve surface some criteria that can help you decide what concepts to develop your expertise around to better serve clients:
What other criteria to you use to assess different bodies of knowlege to pursue?
I am curious what, if any of these ideas land for you.
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7/7 Nailed it! This was a fun challenge. Thank you, George Kao.
I align with all three of your criteria when it comes to content creation. As far as learning in general I'm wondering if there's a part of me that is a fixed mindset because I really only pursue those things that affect me personally. Then again, as a busy mom with a million things to do, it makes sense that I have to keep learning new things at a minimum. As I write this, I do pursue what makes me curious, what will give me ROI in some way in the present or the future, and what serves my personal values. I guess I didn't give myself credit in the beginning of this post, and I guess that means I have a growth mindset because look how my answer has changed from the beginning to the end. Anyway, thanks for the interesting post, David.
I've found that the process of elimination is the most helpful tool to discover your purpose (or passion).
Try more things faster and see what you hate doing.
See what you love doing.
Eventually you close so many doors for good that your specific door is the only one waiting for you to open it and walk through.
I've found that the process of elimination is the most helpful tool to discover your purpose (or passion).
Try more things faster and see what you hate doing.
See what you love doing.
Eventually you close so many doors for good that your specific door is the only one waiting for you to open it and walk through.
Hi @Michael This seems to be a helpful tool to apply to a variety of situations. In fact, just for fun I went and plugged this post into Chat GPT and asked it " Please find ten situations where I can apply this tool and then give me ten examples " To be honest I think for me the best example is meeting a lot of people and that helps me figure out who I resonate with, and whom I don't. In any case, here is what ChatGPT came up with:
I took my first Content Sabbatical after creating consistently for one month.
Now that I'm consistent with Content Creation, I need something new to procrastinate on.
Any ideas? 🤣🤣🤣
I took my first Content Sabbatical after creating consistently for one month.
Now that I'm consistent with Content Creation, I need something new to procrastinate on.
Any ideas? 🤣🤣🤣
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Share your experiences of YT "success" thus far... however you define it, whatever is motivating you! As I see your comments below, I'll add some of them here as examples... Jill B -- "I’ve hit 1.1K views on my channel overall since the start of this program!" Simon Berkowitz -- 2k views within 5 days of uploading this video Mara Clear Spring Cook -- "I have 14 vids up now, and spontaneous positive feedback, and I even received a client booking." Shoubhik Purkayastha: 1st video: 637 views in 33 days + tons of Heart-wrenching comments/ emails/ texts -- powerful healing in me (Unanticipated - seeing the healing in others)... 2nd video: 127 views in 5 days --> massively SURPRISED at the deep connection.. and how they are watching multiple times to go deeper. See other examples from your fellow classmates in the comments below! Not from this course but other examples I discovered recently: Erin Foley career coach (gets most of her many client inquiries) from this one unedited video from years ago Old mans advice -- 25 million views of this unedited video If you don't see comments below, or don't have the ability to comment, you need to be logged into this course.
I finally don't psych myself and try to perform or prove myself. This is huge. I can finally express myself authentically.
I don't worry about making it perfect, I save a ton of time and energy, and I'm so relaxed that I'm not embarrassed to show my quirkiness which "accidentally" came out in this video .....
as compared to this one from one year ago where everything had to be rehearsed or scripted and I'm basically performing and communicating from my mind and not from the heart. It was so exhausting back then and definitely NOT sustainable!
I'm grateful for this program that helped me through the 100 video challenge (I'm 20% there!) and George's leadership. Thanks,
"ANY GREAT TRUTH IS SOMETHING WE CAN DANCE WITH AND MINE THE GOLD FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES"
This is brilliant! Thank you,@George Kao
Wow, I see it's been a while since I was here! Glad to be back! The quote is still as powerful today as it was then.