I love this article, James — so much so that I just shared it with members of my community. I especially loved the gather/simmer/cook framework. Our community offers opportunities to simmer (ie discuss big ideas) and cook (co-working and co-writing sessions), but I see opportunities for us to do a better job of gathering.
We live in a firehose of content, and we cannot possibly stay on top of all the articles, books, podcasts and videos. I just asked my community members if they'd like the idea of a weekly ritual where we each share one insightful tidbit we'd gleaned that week (along with proper links and credit, of course). It seems as if adding a little more structure to the "gather" phase may improve our collective recipes!
I really appreciate your thoughtful newsletter, and I'm a sucker for well-designed graphics! ✨
And I think "proper gathering" is a universal problem. It's true, we are drowning in content. Not just in our social media, but in our emails, televisions, billboards. So much so that we don't even notice it. There's much to be said about feeding your mind with the "right" ideas and thoughts.
I love the structured sharing you proposed. I would also recommend a community-wide "idea bank," sort of codifying that structure to make sure it's never lost. You can easily compile and organize that information with Sheets or something similar.
I love this article, James — so much so that I just shared it with members of my community. I especially loved the gather/simmer/cook framework. Our community offers opportunities to simmer (ie discuss big ideas) and cook (co-working and co-writing sessions), but I see opportunities for us to do a better job of gathering.
We live in a firehose of content, and we cannot possibly stay on top of all the articles, books, podcasts and videos. I just asked my community members if they'd like the idea of a weekly ritual where we each share one insightful tidbit we'd gleaned that week (along with proper links and credit, of course). It seems as if adding a little more structure to the "gather" phase may improve our collective recipes!
I really appreciate your thoughtful newsletter, and I'm a sucker for well-designed graphics! ✨
Thanks for the high praise! I'm honored.
And I think "proper gathering" is a universal problem. It's true, we are drowning in content. Not just in our social media, but in our emails, televisions, billboards. So much so that we don't even notice it. There's much to be said about feeding your mind with the "right" ideas and thoughts.
I love the structured sharing you proposed. I would also recommend a community-wide "idea bank," sort of codifying that structure to make sure it's never lost. You can easily compile and organize that information with Sheets or something similar.
This is pretty cool, James.
I wrote a piece about the soft method a few weeks ago. I make associations between different media.
Not aiming for a specific result, just letting connections happen.
Oh yeah! I think I've read that piece. Pretty cool how people kind of arrive at the same answers for some questions, huh!
Yeah and also how the mind works. How it makes connections without you having to force it. The mind is ahead of you somehow.