This week’s essay is a little addition to the brand new JOY THEORY episode. Start with the episode. Then read this. It will make a lot more sense. Part of improving my skateboarding this summer, particularly my kickturn, has been being open to feedback. As I mentioned in the JOY episode, skateboarding is kind of a feedback unicorn. Feedback here exists in the Safe+ Useful quadrant and runs smoothly, fostering improvement within the community. It’s magical as fuck and somehting I hope to be able to really dissect and replicate in other environments. Not everyone wants to skateboard, but can we all participate in feedback like someone who skates off a 73 foot ramp, right? The feedback I received...
I had something else planned for the newsletter this week, I was writing about my FEEDBACK research and then I found myself diving deep into the world of Human Design, so I switched the script. My client, Bridget Brown of The Advisory Guild (permission was granted to share) asked me to take a look at her Human Design chart to help her strategize an upcoming work presentation. I thought sharing part of our strategy and how it came about would provide an opportunity to walk you through my approach to readings and illuminate how you can use Human Design as a really helpful and laser focused actionable tool in all aspects of your life. Bridget was seeking direction on strategy for...
A little over two years ago while lamenting over shut down via FaceTime, my good friend Bridget asked if I knew my Human Design. We were talking about work and she mentioned that understanding her design had made a really big difference in how she spends her energy. “Go here, type this in and then read it,” is pretty much what she said. A natural experimenter I knew I was game as soon as Bridget mentioned there was something new for me to try. I did just as she suggested and received a neatly typed booklet guiding me through this whole new world. I read the booklet in one sitting and then it sat on my desk untouched for the...
