This is the fourth of 5 podcasts in a learning experience (learn more and subscribe) focusing on using elements of the Working Out Loud process, positive psychology, behavioral science and more to build social support networks to improve our resilience.
This episode focuses on visible work: sharing what is on our mind as we work and live opens ourselves up to possibilities we couldn’t have planned for by allowing others to connect with and adjust to us.
Special thanks to Derek Sivers for allowing us to share his words from “Obvious to you. Amazing to others.”
This week, we are practicing visible work by planning 10 opportunities to share our work.
Ten Types of Contributions
Share your research
Share your ideas
Share your projects
Share your process
Share your motivations, why you did what you did
Share your challenges
Share something you’ve learned
Share the work of others you admire
Share your connections
Share content from your network
Go through the list of 10 types of contributions above and write down:
a specific contribution that you could make
who you would want to share that contribution with
why you think they would be interested in that small gift
These contributions could be very simple. If you have done research for yourself on child care providers or new computers, you might think about sharing what you found with someone on your relationship list. What’s your process for making a shopping list or managing your family calendar? Those are potential contributions.
Remember we are practicing generosity, so we are not looking only for contributions that will impress people or help us “get ahead” somehow. We are not trying to figure out the contributions that will get us the most likes or retweets. We are just offering small gifts in the spirit of generosity.
Resources
Here are the resources we mentioned in the podcast this week.
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