Sunday Thinking

"Uncommunicated expectations are premeditated resentments."

May 12, 2024

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The weekly Sunday Thinking newsletter is quick-hit content that aims to provide a booster shot to your thought process as you end and start your week.

"Coaching is an art, and it's far easier said than done. It takes courage to ask a question rather than offer up advice, provide an answer or unleash a solution. Giving another person the opportunity to find their own way, make their own mistakes and create their own wisdom is both brave and vulnerable. It can also mean unlearning our "fix it" habits."

― Brené Brown, Daring Greatly

I. Knowing What You Don’t Know

In your career, the most valuable currency is not how much you know. It's how well you learn.

In a stable world, success depended on building expertise.
In a changing world, it hinges on evolving expertise.

Potential is no longer defined by ability. It's a function of agility.

Source: Adam Grant, Think Again

II. The Creative Act

How does one convince themselves that what they're doing and working on is worth it?

The question of worth it is reliant on an outcome. We don't make these things for an outcome. It's not the mindset to make something great.

The outcome happens, you're making the best thing you can make. It's a devotional practice.
Whatever happens after that happens, and that part that happens after, it is completely out of your control.
Putting any energy into that part that's out of your control is a waste of time. All it does is undermine your work.

Your work is to make the best thing you can. So any thought you have about outcome undermines the whole thing.

Source: Huberman Lab, Rick Rubin: Protocols to Access Creative Energy and Process

III. The Quest for True Belonging

Don't walk through the world looking for evidence that you don't belong ― because you will always find it.
Don't walk through the world looking for evidence that you're not enough ― because you'll always find it.
Our worth and our belonging are not negotiated with other people. We carry those inside of our hearts.

Our call to courage is to protect our wild hearts against constant evaluation, especially our own. No one belongs here more than you.

Source: Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness

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V. Question

If I were the main character in a movie of my life, what would the audience be screaming at me to do right now?

Source: Sahil Bloom, The Curiosity Chronicle

VI. This Week, I Will

Be intentional with my habits.
Be intentional with my self-talk.
Be intentional with my breathing.
Prioritize my peace and well-being.
Give myself credit for the ways I've grown.

The Last Words…

"If today was difficult for you, I hope you know that tomorrow can be better. I hope you know that the moments that are uncomfortable or hurt or don't make sense will pass. I hope you remind yourself of all the times you didn't think you were going to feel better but you did. As you go through your days remember that every moment is just a moment. When you can't take it one day at a time, try to just take it one breath at a time. Take really good care of yourself and know that it's okay if you don't accomplish everything you told yourself you needed to today. You don't have to start a new routine or healthy habit today if it feels like too much. You don't have to be as productive as the people that you see online. Your life is your life and you only have this life. Tomorrow it will feel a little bit better. You are safe. You are being guided. You will have everything that you need."

― Jacqueline Whitney, All That You Deserve