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Throwing the ball, losing the ball
My dog Rubee loves to play fetch while we’re on our runs. Actually, she likes to play “half fetch”. Either that, or she has an entirely different definition of what fetch means. My definition of fetch: I throw the ball as hard as I can. You chase after the ball as fast as you can.…
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Look for clues
From The Creative Act by Rick Rubin: “When looking for a solution to a creative problem, pay close attention to what’s happening around you. Look for clues pointing to new methods or ways to further develop current ideas.” ”We receive these messages all the time, if we remain open to them.”
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Side-step a weakness by assuming a new role
As a bit of an add-on to my recap of learnings from professional coaching, I came across the following story from an interview with John Vervaeke on the Tim Ferris show, where John describes how he’s cultivated a role for himself that side-steps his natural constitution. This struck a chord.
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A different type of burn out
I’ve been feeling the build-up of a lot of little things recently. After an optimistic and fresh start to the year, I’m now beset by running injuries. I’m feeling constantly tired, and my brain is a bit scattered. I’m burned out, I think. Definitely rundown. It’s not like the feeling I have when I’m working…
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Open
I remember seeing Andre Agassi on TV as a kid. I used to watch Wimbledon regularly during the summers. Since Wimbledon takes place in the UK, it was on in the mornings in the US, and during our long summer vacations, I always seemed to have time to watch. I’ve never followed tennis closely, but…
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A matter of perspective
While I was writing my summary about coaching, I had a thought about this drawing of a hand holding a cube. If you imagine yourself as the cube (your behaviors, motivations, values, etc.), then what a coach helps you do is turn that cube around in your hand and look at it from different directions.…
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Rooted Design website refresh
I’ve been helping my friend Missy give her business creating murals, paintings, and other awesome design work a home on the web. Check it out, it’s called Rooted Design at rooteddesignspace.com. She reached out to me last year because she needed a website, and that’s kind of up my alley, so together we’ve been steadily…
Writing and drawings by Nick.
