It was one year ago today that the prompts got released for altMBA23.
9 July
Felicty and posture
Maybe it does get easier for some people to put on the shoes, pick up the paintbrush, start typing, start drawing, start crafting, start composing … but listening to the professionals, there’s every chance that it won’t.
We’ve all got something to say
However loud the voice upstair is, the truth remains: We’re all experts on ourselves. We’re all experts in noticing.
Unlearning
After spending sixteen years in our modern education system, I picked up a few habits that have not aged well. It wasn’t until I experienced a new way of learning that I figured out I was battling against a long-ingrained practice of staying silent.
Love Letter: The Teachers
I sometimes wonder about my time at school. The older I get, the more shrouded in a strange mist it appears in my mind, with me wondering, ‘Did I really spend twelve years of my life doing that?' PE lessons, projects about the planets, scales, stationary orders, clip tickets, hunting for change for tuckshop lunches, painful “talent” competitions at lunchtime, copying notes from the whiteboard, so many assemblies: I know it served a purpose, but looking back, the repetitiveness of school life seems horrendous. As a student, don’t you remember how hard it was to fathom that one day, you will be old enough to break free from the rules and structure of this institution and get to choose how you wanted to spend your day?
Reframing
Think about the simple choice to speak up in a group when you’re not fully on board with the way things are heading. Before you choose to open your mouth, what runs through your head?
4. Befriending my imposter
This is the last part of a four-part series on how a few things have recently shifted for me, and how I’ve internalised these new ideas to move forward professionally and personally in 2019
An unexpected teacher
Passing the 30-day mark on my blog - why is that even a milestone?
It’s not my job to be perfect
Instead of asing myself, 'Is this perfect', I'm trying to ask some more helpful questions instead.
3. Vulnerability is not weakness
This is part three of a four-part series on how a few things have recently shifted for me, and how I’ve internalised these new ideas to move forward professionally and personally in 2019
Where motivation comes from
Something I’m trying to learn the difference between is the act of giving from a space of fear and giving from a space of generosity
2. I am a leader
This is part two of a four-part series on how a few things have recently shifted for me, and how I’ve internalised these new ideas to move forward professionally and personally in 2019
1. I am creative
This is part one of a four-part series on how a few things have recently shifted for me, and how I’ve internalised these new ideas to move forward professionally and personally in 2019
How does one just start a blog?
The beginning of this space, and all I can do is keep trying to put words on the screen
