What do the most agile pivoters have in common? What's your Pivot Profile? Learn more in this week's episode, and take the Pivotability Self-Assessment.
45: Post-Launch Pivot Point + Visit From the Furry Rest Monster
What happens just after you pivot? Can you sit at the edge of uncertainty around what's next—and its ensuing discomfort—and not try to fix it? After two very exciting weeks launching PIVOT, I returned home and immediately got sucked into The Void.
The need for rest was all consuming. I was tired to the bone, and not just physically. It was the vacuum created by the energetic release of three years of hustling on a legacy project. The Void is a natural part of the creative process, and yet surfing it still feels disorienting every time. My mantra for this round: faith in flow. Trusting the natural cycles of building and release, hustle and flow, grit and grace.
46: Smartcuts: The Breakthrough Power of Lateral Thinking with Shane Snow
"The fastest route to success is never traditional, and the conventions we grew up with can be hacked."
—Shane Snow, author of Smartcuts
40: The Upside of Stress with Kelly McGonigal
"My heart is pounding because my heart is in it. Because I care. Because my body is getting ready to rise to this challenge."
—Kelly McGonigal, author of The Upside of Stress
Have you fallen into the trap of thinking that all stress is toxic? If so, you may be unknowingly compounding the effects of it on your body and mind—or at least missing out on some of the benefits and insights stress has to offer. Kelly McGonigal, a pioneer in the field of "science help" and one of my favorite authors, debunks a number of stress myths in the episode.