We had the most enjoyable live session last week in our Knowledge Accelerator annual program.
The event was titled "A Journey to Nowhere in Particular," and the key topic was wandertivity.
Wandertivity
Wandertivity is the other half of productivity.
The thing is, the more time we spend in productivity, the more it has a tendency to become toxic. When productivity becomes toxic, we need wandertivity more than ever.
Toxic productivity is when the feeling of "never doing enough" starts to make you feel that no matter what you do...you are never enough.
Wandertivity is the mindset that embraces curiosity and gentle exploration. Here, there is no such feeling as never doing enough because getting things done isn't the point.
As J.R.R. Tolkien wrote, “Not all those who wander are lost.”
Wandertivity is a counterintuitive move. By loosening our grip, we don't fall. We fly.
To a large degree, the need to rebalance from toxic productivity is why Linking Your Thinking exists. LYT is about creating value, often in non-linear, wandering ways.
What exactly makes something valuable, well, I can’t tell you that.
I can’t tell what it will look like for you.
But I can hint at it by saying,
It’s not about the notes we take. It’s about the meaning we make.
Wandertivity is hard to pin down because it, by its very nature, evades measurement. The more you try to track the ROI you are getting from wandering, the more wandertivity moves back into being productivity.
Wandertivity is the yin to productivity's yang. Too much of one causes imbalance. And yet, within the heart of one, is the seed of the other. The key is to treat wandertivity as the balancing force to productivity, where even in the midst of linear deadlines, you can still infuse time to walk the non-linear path.
- How can you infuse curiosity in the middle of adversity?
- How can you infuse detours into deadlines?
- How do you learn just for the sake of learning?
I have much more to say about Wandertivity, but that's at least a taste for now.
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Book Update: Elevator Pitch
I'm thick in the writing process, but since this is a traditionally published book, Simon & Schuster has many requests that overlap with this intense deadline.
This week, I filled out an Author Questionnaire and filmed a 60-90 second overview of the book.
The Questionnaire asked, "What's the elevator pitch for the book?"
That wasn't easy for me to answer.
Here's what I sent.
What do you think?
If you are someone who has a lot of ideas and interests, you likely also have a lot of information overwhelm. The solution isn't saving everything. It's connecting everything that matters. Linking Your Thinking teaches you how to stop drowning in other people's ideas and start developing your own. The result is that your best ideas reliably turn into your best work.
Again, I want your feedback. One-click to email me.
Do you like it? Does it work? Is it missing the mark? What would you say?
Unconventional Summer Reads
Here are two books I'm holding in hardcover, both unconventional, worth checking out if you want to shake things up.
Unhinged Habits by Jonathan Goodman
Mundane Magic by Molly Donlan
Initially a skeptic of everyday "Magic," Molly’s journey took an unexpected turn when chronic hip pain led her to Reiki and the intersection of science and spirituality. By injecting boring tasks with a sense of novelty and fun, she found Magical practices that worked for her and her ADHD brain, rather than against it. Learn more.
Jonathan has led an unorthodox life somehow living in multiple locations while raising a family. He has a counterintuitive view of how a life can be lived. In his book, he shares the insights that freed him from conventional expectations. Learn more.
I'm curious, which book is more interesting to you?
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