Productive Flourishing
Tracking Wonder (Episode 236)
Jeffrey Davis, branding consultant, repeat guest, an...
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Nov 18 2021 1h 2m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Jeffrey invites and challenges listeners to conduct an experiment at the beginning, middle, and end of your day to bring more openness, surprise, elevation, or connectionChapter 2 6 mins
Jeffrey shares the journey of how he wrote his latest book, Tracking Wonder. It was a process of discovery and learning through extreme adversity and crisisChapter 3 3 mins
When we go on these journeys as thinkers and writers, there is often an intense pressure for it to be quick. Often, this is not the case and it can take months or years for ideas to come to fruitionChapter 4 3 mins
Fifteen to 20 years ago, positive psychology was still in its infancy, and the only option then was to turn to philosophy to talk about thriving, wonder, happiness, belonging, etc. Now, there is science to back it upChapter 5 1 min
The past 18 months, both culturally and socially, have raised a lot of questions about meaning and relationshipsChapter 6 5 mins
Charlie and Jeffrey discuss measuring productivity; it has always been difficult to measure and has become even more difficult recently. Why are we tracking only certain metrics for productivity and efficiency and not others?Chapter 7 2 mins
There is a lot of work to be done, and it does have an impact on the company’s bottom line. On the flip side, as leaders, we need to have the integrity to recognize that people need to go out and do something different than just being stuck to their screens all dayChapter 8 3 mins
Charlie reflects on an interestingly productive time of his day when he goes on his coffee walks in the morningChapter 9 3 mins
There are a lot of things that look like not working, that make the working actually happenChapter 10 4 mins
Getting off a structured routine can be a very bewildering experience of deinstitutionalization. When we get off the path fixed for us, we have to create boundaries, rhythms, and structures for ourselvesChapter 11 3 mins
How can we navigate that sense of bewilderment and disorientation when our rhythms are disrupted? Bewilderment fatigue can be a challenge, and sometimes we may disengage or bypass as a way of escaping realityChapter 12 3 mins
Wonder has six facets. Jeffrey explains each one briefly. 1: Openness, 2: Curiosity, 3: Bewilderment, 4: Hope, 5: Connection, 6: AdmirationChapter 13 3 mins
How can productivity and wonder coexist? They seem to be at odds with each other, yet a balance is necessaryChapter 14 1 min
We are more than our work. Charlie shares some ways to detach ourselves from our work in the language we useChapter 15 3 mins
You are what you pay attention to. What are you paying attention to, and what are you focusing on?Chapter 16 2 mins
How can we shape our time together better so that we develop more connection?Chapter 17 6 mins
Jeffery used the design of his book to invoke wonder and bewilderment