One of my goals for this newsletter is to build a community to share our collective experiences and learn from each other. In that spirit, I am starting this thread to go around and introduce ourselves.
Here are a few prompts to consider:
Where you are geographically located.
What you’re looking for in the Low Fidelity experience.
A book you’re currently reading and any insights you want to share from it.
Which topics, such as mindset, mindfulness, personal growth, resilience, etc., resonate the most with you?
I will keep this thread going and share it with new members as they join our community.
Since Substack hides the question when looking at the comments, I’ll post the question here again.
One of my goals for this newsletter is to build a community to share our collective experiences and learn from each other. In that spirit, I am starting this thread to go around and introduce ourselves.
Here are a few prompts to consider:
- Where you are geographically located.
What you’re looking for in the Low Fidelity experience.
- A book you’re currently reading and any insights you want to share from it.
- Which topics, such as mindset, mindfulness, personal growth, resilience, etc., resonate the most with you?
2 - A community of people who want to improve themselves.
3 - I'm doing the thing where I say I only read one book at a time, but I'm actually reading 4...and some fiction. The last one I put down is "The Anxiety Audit" by Lynn Lyons. It's packed full with information, even for those without Anxiety with a capital letter. All humans have anxiety, it's part of being human. This book has helped me identify my anxieties faster than any book on meditation (probably because I don't consistently meditate!), and how to process and handle that anxiety. A short takeaway is:
Notice you're worrying or ruminating. Observe the process and externalize it. If there's an action to be taken, make a plan and do it. (reviewing, researching, talking, etc, are NOT taking action, but your brain will try to do it!) After you take the action, disengage from the worry/rumination. Return to the feelings later and practice these steps again. Overtime you will create new pathways in the brain that will reduce the impact on anxiety in your life.
4 - Personal growth for sure. Also, connection, leadership, and community are the things I constantly find myself drawn back to.
Thanks for the great introduction Justin. Thanks for the great book synopsis, I’m adding it to my list. 💡love the topics of leadership, community, and connection which I want to focus on for the Low Fidelity community ogoing forward.
Honored to have you in our community Justin and looking forward to learning from you!✊🏽
As I was thinking about this, it all does begin by being aware and noticing the worrying/ruminating/overthinking. To externalize this I think journaling/morning pages is a powerful tool to get it out of our heads. And yes, taking action is key instead of planning/researching/reviewing which can add to the anxiety.
I am curious how to disengage with the worry. I guess it seems difficult now but after some practice it could get easier and eventually this process would keep us from falling into the anxiety trap.
I know I am ready to try this out. Would love to learn how your experience is with this. :)
1. I'm in Roseville, California, next to Sacramento.
2. I am looking to help inspire and motivate to help develop personal resilience so people can make an impact in their lives and achieve their full potential.
3. A Good Enough Job by Simone Stolzoff. This book has introduced me to the idea of "workism" which is the belief that work can bring meaning to a person's life just as religion does. Working is important because we can meet our needs but when we start making it our identity and our meaning for living it becomes a problem because when the work is suddenly not there we are left with the fragments of our identity, unable to move forward. This book has definitely helped me see work in a new light.
4. The topics I'm interested in and explore in this newsletter are mindset, mindfulness, creativity, resilience, community, collaboration, design.
I read Show Your Work at a point in time when I needed encouragement and confidence to show up as a creative person. Approaching life and work with a beginner's mind is a great skill to learn from what each moment brings. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
by Shunryu Suzuki is a good book to go deeper into this idea.
Thank you so much for sharing!
Also, thanks for a great Focus session over the weekend, it was just what I needed as I am trying to have more deep work sessions during my work day.
I would love to connect and chat sometime, if you're up for it. :)
Since Substack hides the question when looking at the comments, I’ll post the question here again.
One of my goals for this newsletter is to build a community to share our collective experiences and learn from each other. In that spirit, I am starting this thread to go around and introduce ourselves.
Here are a few prompts to consider:
- Where you are geographically located.
What you’re looking for in the Low Fidelity experience.
- A book you’re currently reading and any insights you want to share from it.
- Which topics, such as mindset, mindfulness, personal growth, resilience, etc., resonate the most with you?
Hopefully this helps 😀
California
Learn more about great people
I dont read. Yeah I know.
I love things that promote positive vibes.
Thanks Jonathan! I appreciate your support from the very beginning, your insights and feedback. ✊🏽
Hey Jonathan, I would like to spotlight people in this newsletter to share their insights. Do you have any recommendations?
I’m not sure I do. I wish I did. Who are you looking to talk to?
You had mentioned you like to learn about great people so I was going to see if you had anyone or any specific types of people in mind. :)
1 - Sacramento, CA
2 - A community of people who want to improve themselves.
3 - I'm doing the thing where I say I only read one book at a time, but I'm actually reading 4...and some fiction. The last one I put down is "The Anxiety Audit" by Lynn Lyons. It's packed full with information, even for those without Anxiety with a capital letter. All humans have anxiety, it's part of being human. This book has helped me identify my anxieties faster than any book on meditation (probably because I don't consistently meditate!), and how to process and handle that anxiety. A short takeaway is:
Notice you're worrying or ruminating. Observe the process and externalize it. If there's an action to be taken, make a plan and do it. (reviewing, researching, talking, etc, are NOT taking action, but your brain will try to do it!) After you take the action, disengage from the worry/rumination. Return to the feelings later and practice these steps again. Overtime you will create new pathways in the brain that will reduce the impact on anxiety in your life.
4 - Personal growth for sure. Also, connection, leadership, and community are the things I constantly find myself drawn back to.
Thanks for the great introduction Justin. Thanks for the great book synopsis, I’m adding it to my list. 💡love the topics of leadership, community, and connection which I want to focus on for the Low Fidelity community ogoing forward.
Honored to have you in our community Justin and looking forward to learning from you!✊🏽
As I was thinking about this, it all does begin by being aware and noticing the worrying/ruminating/overthinking. To externalize this I think journaling/morning pages is a powerful tool to get it out of our heads. And yes, taking action is key instead of planning/researching/reviewing which can add to the anxiety.
I am curious how to disengage with the worry. I guess it seems difficult now but after some practice it could get easier and eventually this process would keep us from falling into the anxiety trap.
I know I am ready to try this out. Would love to learn how your experience is with this. :)
My turn!
1. I'm in Roseville, California, next to Sacramento.
2. I am looking to help inspire and motivate to help develop personal resilience so people can make an impact in their lives and achieve their full potential.
3. A Good Enough Job by Simone Stolzoff. This book has introduced me to the idea of "workism" which is the belief that work can bring meaning to a person's life just as religion does. Working is important because we can meet our needs but when we start making it our identity and our meaning for living it becomes a problem because when the work is suddenly not there we are left with the fragments of our identity, unable to move forward. This book has definitely helped me see work in a new light.
4. The topics I'm interested in and explore in this newsletter are mindset, mindfulness, creativity, resilience, community, collaboration, design.
Your turn! :)
- Where you are geographically located.
I'm in Kutztown, PA!
- A book you’re currently reading and any insights you want to share from it.
'Show Your Work' - right now in the "be an amatuer" section, and loving the idea of approaching things as a beginner.
Hi Seth, first of all welcome to Low Fidelity!
I read Show Your Work at a point in time when I needed encouragement and confidence to show up as a creative person. Approaching life and work with a beginner's mind is a great skill to learn from what each moment brings. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
by Shunryu Suzuki is a good book to go deeper into this idea.
Thank you so much for sharing!
Also, thanks for a great Focus session over the weekend, it was just what I needed as I am trying to have more deep work sessions during my work day.
I would love to connect and chat sometime, if you're up for it. :)
Cheers!
Thanks for that book recommendation, and absolutely! I'll DM you my email.