The New Crop: Issue #20
How to get instant advice without talking to anyone
What’s in this issue:
💭 Thought: How to get instant advice without talking to anyone
😆 Today’s Laugh
Continuing my excitement for the FIFA Women’s World Cup by sharing a football fail. ⚽️
Side note: I’m glad the video title tells me it’s very funny, otherwise I might not have known. 😂
💭 Today’s Thought
Here’s a quick exercise to help you get some instant advice on any decision you’re facing or question you’re asking.
Bonus: you don’t even need to speak to anyone else to do this exercise!
Write down the names of three people you admire. They can be living or dead, professional connections or personal ones, real or fiction, characters in history, or even characters in movies or novels.
For each person, write down 3-5 qualities they posses that inspire you or have guided you in the past.
Write down the burning question that you have (ex: “What should I do?”).
Finally, in your mind or out loud, ask that question to each of them, allowing some time for each to speak to you in their authentic way.
Take a few notes on what you hear after each “interview”.
What resonated? What didn’t? What would you like to do with the perspectives you received?
📚 Today’s Read
How to Get Way Better at Accepting Feedback
This ~45-minute podcast episode with Sheila Heen, co-author of Thanks for the Feedback is a gem, filled with so many nuanced perspectives and evidence on why feedback is so hard (both to give and to receive). If you’re looking to improve how you give feedback as a leader, diving into how to better receive feedback is a counterintuitive and vital starting point. Click here to listen to the episode.
See you next week!
xo,
Anne