Over the past few weeks, I have attended a number of events and classes. These experiences have caused me to pause and wonder. I find that my descriptions or definitions of key terms in my field appear, at times, to be completely different than how others enact their roles. I wonder what they’re thinking and so I imagined this visual of me, sitting, wonder, pondering…
What motivates you?
Maybe the first question or the better first question is, what does motivation mean to you?
How is it different from inspiration?
And where do you “get” both of those things?
How about you?
I’d love to hear you’re strategies and tactics for generating and maintaining your motivation.
As we wind down from summer and gear up for fall there’s a lot to be thinking about!
What are you reading? How are you expanding your practice?
What’s new in your world? Please ping me and let me know!
Yesterday, I was part of a grand experiment. Honestly, I don’t do that a lot.
I do a lot of training, facilitation, and coaching. It’s true, I do a lot of experimentation within those events but it’s qualitatively different than what we engaged in yesterday.
And, the session was a total blast! We had over 100 people attending of the 200 signed up. We did an extraordinary number of activities in a relatively short period of time, with varying results — and that was OK! Frank, Elena, Xiaoli, and I had a choreographed piece that included movement on all four screens simultaneously. When we first started practicing it, I called it synchronized swimming—it was really just like it. It was so cool! We also…
The preparatory work for our post-Visual Binge coaching session is to bring and share any sketchnoting or graphic recording completed since the UnConference last month. My second, and perhaps more important request was that participants bring a short list of criteria for assessing their own work and the work of others.
I am all about leaving one’s inner critic ”at the door” AND I see the value in appreciating what is working in a piece and what can be made even better next time.
What would be your criteria?
What matters to you?