I love learning; what motivates me? Exploring 8 core drives

I’m exploring what motivates learning, for me, looking at the eight core drives (CD) of motivation of the Octalysis framework.  It feels like really good timing to be reading Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari at the same time as I’m on my Octalysis Prime learning journey. Because Sapiens looks at […]

Learn asynchronously: 13 effective ways for better studying and reading more

I want to explore ways of reading more and how to learn more effectively for 2 reasons: Getting better at my own learning Better supporting other people with their learning A couple of weeks ago I explored learning asynchronously in Weeknotes: Designing better lives by mining the multiverse 🖌️. Now, I have more thoughts and […]

Weeknotes: My learning plan for effective, joyful asynchronous study

Behind the scenes: How I planned my distance learning with Amplify & Earnable this weekend Daily blogging challenge for April 2021 Reflecting on overwhelm with buckets My week in pictures – daily diary drawings Highlights of my daily blogging challenge I started a daily blogging challenge this month. Here’s an overview of what I’ve done […]

Is it worth studying with Steve Pavlina & Ramit Sethi?

I’m in week 4 of the Amplify course for creative flow and week 1 of the Earnable course for starting a business. And I wanted to reflect on how it’s going and what I’m learning. Is it worth it? Yes. Amplify It’s easy to say yes with Amplify. It cost $300 (around £215) and I’ve […]

More is less: How to do twice as much with half the effort

How to do twice as much with half the effort is a reframe on the idea that black folks need to work twice as hard to get half as much. It’s like companion planting. Growing corn, squash and beans is three times the work of growin just one of those, right? Except, no. The corn […]

Weeknotes: Designing better lives by mining the multiverse 🖌️

What am I excited about today? What are 3 things I did well today? starting & ending each day by reflecting on these questions I’m really proud of myself for: Giving myself time to rest, read & think this weekend. Reading An Unkindness of Ghosts By Rivers Solomon, which a friend recommended to me, and […]