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LEARN1 You can observe a lot just by watching
I've started to carry a notebook with me at all times. It's not a small and beautiful Moleskin that aspiring writers and artists tend to favour, but a simple, utilitarian black laboratory notebook that I picked up at the University bookstore. I'm trying to put a make a secret into a habit.
I'm trying to slow down and really, deeply look into the way things are. I'm going to make time to make observations before any next steps. I'm going to fight my own impatience and just. watch. first.
Then I am going to make sketches, make notes, ask questions.
And then I'm going to take the time to consider the possibility of how a small change might lead to a large improvement.
I know it seems strange to try to slow down when there is so much important work to be done but I'm starting to think that many of the problems we currently face have their roots in decisions made years ago based on what was fastest, cheapest, and most available option at the time... that worked somewhere else, and was brought here.
And that's why so many things don't seem to fit. Not in an elegant or beautiful way, at least.
("It must be beautiful").
Yes, there is urgency. And we shall make haste slowly.
Just watch.
I'm trying to slow down and really, deeply look into the way things are. I'm going to make time to make observations before any next steps. I'm going to fight my own impatience and just. watch. first.
Then I am going to make sketches, make notes, ask questions.
And then I'm going to take the time to consider the possibility of how a small change might lead to a large improvement.
I know it seems strange to try to slow down when there is so much important work to be done but I'm starting to think that many of the problems we currently face have their roots in decisions made years ago based on what was fastest, cheapest, and most available option at the time... that worked somewhere else, and was brought here.
And that's why so many things don't seem to fit. Not in an elegant or beautiful way, at least.
("It must be beautiful").
Yes, there is urgency. And we shall make haste slowly.
Just watch.
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Comment by Mita Williams on March 15, 2010 at 1:28pm
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Thanks all. On this note, I highly recommend that everyone take the time and do the quest of the week. I found this week's quest made me slow down and reflect.
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Comment by PJE on March 25, 2010 at 7:38pm
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I very much like your approach. That black notebook reminds me of the ones I had at school, lined pages and blank pages for words and drawings, perfect.
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Comment by Chris Lancaster on April 5, 2010 at 12:29pm
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Totally agree with you. Have you seen this TED talk?
http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_ins...
It seems to me that half of our brain is always in that slowed down place, and you've got to ask yourself, which hemisphere would you rather spend more time in? Let me know your thoughts..
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That's one of my favourite TED talks too...
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Comment by M. on April 24, 2010 at 9:37pm
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Plus one courage, because it takes courage to stop, look around, and really see.
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