The Write Your Beliefs exercise, much like the 2 previous exercises (3 Raisins and Inner Monologue), is an exercise in learning how to step outside of yourself and become an observer to your own being. Whereas the 3 raisins exercise and inner monologue focused more on being a passive observer and just noticing what your mind is experiencing, the Write […]
The 3rd exercise of Leadership Step By Step is to record your inner monologue a few times a day for a week. Most days I recorded it at least twice, but I also managed to get to it 3 times a day from time to time. Since it’s not my first time doing this, I knew it was coming, and […]
The next exercise of Leadership Step By Step was to eat 3 raisins. This seemed simple enough, but there were a few conditions that made it a deeper exercise than it seems. The exercise required that you turned off your phone, and then fully engage all of your senses to focus on the raisin and eat it as if you’ve […]
Recently, I’ve been spending a lot of time learning about connecting with my own emotions, being more assertive, and how to be a better leader, particularly when it comes to sustainability and with my family and friends. Assertiveness and and emotional connection feel like something I could teach myself, but I find leadership to be a more elusive skill to […]
I’ve finally come to the end of a full set of Method Initiative exercises! Honestly, after going through it 4 times, it feels pretty good to finally finish a set! Let’s review how I feel now that they’re done. The Final Exercise For the last exercise of method Initiative, I had to connect with 10 people who are potentially very […]
For the first time ever, I’ve made it to the final exercises in Josh Spodek’s Initiative book on bringing your passions to life. It took four rounds of going back to square one and building up a project and over 4 years, but I finally found a project that resonated enough with me to keep wanting to push forward: a […]
For Exercise 8, the goal was to come up with a spreadsheet detailing out the financials for The Campfire (still my working title for this event!), per my visual model from Exercise 7. I started out basic and tried not to add any of the extra stuff like sound/lighting techs, marketing teams, or anything that just felt like it would […]
If you’ve been following my Initiative exercises this time around, you might be wondering where my Exercise 6 reflection is. The answer is: I’m still working on exercise 6, since getting 10 people who can give me advice on my project takes some time. Because finishing exercise 6 wasn’t really hindering starting exercise 7, I just went ahead and did […]
The goal of Initiative Exercise 5 was to find 5 people who feel the problem my project describes and hear the problem in their words, not mine. Initially, when I started looking for people who possibly feel the problem I described, I assumed I’d be talking to just two main groups: people who are already involved in the world of […]
Project Reminder In case you were trying to remember what my newly select project was… Problem: Environmental conversations carry a stigma that hinders people from discussing their feelings of joy about nature, and horror, alarm, and grief over it’s destruction. In the end, they just end up feeling alone and misunderstood. Solution: Organize a Nature Story-Sharing Meetup, fostering a community […]