THE NEWSLETTER OF WORKLIFEDESIGN

NOVEMBER 2010

Somewhere in the space between that which exists and that which has yet to be imagined, sparks of Brilliance fly.

Happy end of the month (or is it beginning of the new month?)! Here are the Brilliant! posts from November.

BRILLIANT! A BLOG, A ONLINE MAG AND A MOOK: THREE BRILLIANT PUBLICATIONS

Brilliant ideas are all around us. The challenge today seems to be identifying those that can actually provide some insight into the questions or issues that we are facing.

To sort through the chaff, I find I will listen to the recommendations by colleagues, clients, family, friends and trusted interweb sources. They’ll often mention magazines, books, blogs, websites, events or simply ideas that are inspiring them.

Three of these little gems have really impressed me this year. … read more…

BRILLIANT! WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM

Finding innovative solutions to problems is a common challenge in work and in life.

In most circumstances the way to proceed is often clear or doesn’t take long to become clear through asking a few simple questions. But other times no matter how many lists of possibilities I roll through, the answer doesn’t appear.

A current situation for me is the naming of a new project. I am fairly clear in what I want the name to communicate but do you think I can find ‘the name’? The frustrating thing is that I know it exists, it’s just not existing in my view yet.

With this in mind, I watched the TED talk, above, by Steven Johnson (a different Steven Johnson from last month) entitled “Where good ideas come from” to see if I could crack my own good idea… read more …

AND, IN THE STUDIO THIS MONTH …

THE STUDIO: CLARITY AND DIRECTION WITH THE OMG! WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?! EBOOK

With the silly season fast approaching, I thought it might be timely to share with you my little all-in-one resource for those who may be scheduling some existential angst or career crisis over the coming months.

This 30-page ebook helps you work out what you want from life and how you can start making it happen.

To download your very own copy of OMG!WAIDWML (catchy, hey?)

just follow this special

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THE STUDIO: CREATE A VIBRANT, COMPELLING VISION FOR YOUR LIFE WITH YOUR FUTURE LETTER : EXERCISE

WHERE ARE YOU HEADED?

This is one of the four basic questions I always ask someone who wants to change some part of their life or work. I find that we can be very good at detailing what’s wrong or what we don’t want or how things should be different, but very few people are clear about what they do want. So is it any surprise that we have difficulty making decisions when we have nothing to guide us? Today’s Studio treat is an exercise that is surprisingly simple and yet quite powerful… The Future Letter

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Where are you headed?

This is one of the four basic questions I always ask someone who wants to change some part of their life or work.

I find that we can be very good at detailing what’s wrong or what we don’t want or how things should be different, but very few people are clear about what they do want. Even if they are clear about aspects of it, there’s no overall vision for how it is integrated with the rest of their life.

So is it any surprise that we have difficulty making decisions when we have nothing to guide us?

Today’s Studio treat is an exercise that is surprisingly simple and yet quite powerful. The Future Letter asks you to write a letter, dated one year hence, to someone you care about. It asks you

What do you want your life to look like in twelve months?

How will you feel?

What will you be doing?

and other questions to help you get all those hopes and dreams and possibilities that have been swimming around in your head written down.

It also helps you to start bringing your values to life.

This exercise will be enhanced if you’ve already done your Wheel of Life, Sorting Out Your Values and your MyLand Visualisation but you can also just dive in to the Future Letter and explore your values and life domains more fully later.

DOWNLOAD the Future Letter exercise

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