Uncover your hidden skills by mapping out your past accomplishments and connections.
Leave the ideation phase, understand what you can monetise, and prioritise your attention.
Find stability in a value-aligned network of experts and intentionally find collaborations.
It’s comfortable to stay in a learning, ideating, and thinking mode where everything we do feels reactionary. Everything around us moves so fast and financial stability seems increasingly uncertain.
The following set of exercises is a result of more than a decade of research and navigating complexity outside of traditional institutions. The process has helped me build Deep Work Network, a professional collective of value-aligned experts in design, research, and organisational development. It has also helped my friends stay balanced and motivated, focus on a bigger vision, and achieve freedom to work and collaborate on bigger ideas.
"It's been incredibly... clearing for the brain. Like it's, it's clear. I can focus more. It made me unblock the “not good enough” limiting belief and now reframed to “I’m unique”.” - Cat
“It helped me ground, clear the noise from what’s in the future. Others make it look so easy, and I could do it too, but it shows what I want to focus on.” - Vesta