Make Like T-Swift and do an Eras Tour
Make Like T-Swift and do an Eras Tour
E154: Rest & Recap 22 - Three Surprising Benefits I Received From Taking a Break
There is a lot one can learn from Taylor Swift. For instance, your fans will always be happy when you revisit the past.
I did my own version of an Eras Tour. For this cycle of seven I went back in time and shared previously published posts. I learned a lot:
“Why” - I reminded myself of my “why” giving me a burst of fresh energy to continue publishing
“Whoa!” - these articles pre-date ChatGPT. I discovered I can leverage AI tools to share my work
“Who?” - It allowed me to re-introduce myself to my growing audience. If you were not an OG member you may not know why I write with such passion and focus at the intersection of Raising Future Ready Leaders, The Future of Work, and Climate.
Recap: Digest of issues 148 - 154
Active Recovery Means Planning Your Breaks Ahead
In planning cycle 22 I realized it would coincide with me returning home after 7 tumultuous months of living out of a suitcase. I desperately needed a healthy amount of down time. But I did not want to break my rhythm of publishing weekly.
So, like TS, I went back to the vault.
CLIMATE: July is Climate month.
I have traditionally dedicated the month of July to raising the temperature and topic of Climate. I shared the manifesto that burped its way out of me in desperation in December 2020. The depth of my conviction, the angst at overcoming delay, and the hope I have in #NextGen galvanized me to get over myself, take a writing class1, and launch this Substack.
I included my reflection on a poem by Rudy Francisco that flipped me from “interested in” climate action to “ENGAGED”.
OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE: Raising Future-Ready Leaders
How do we inspire hope in the Anxious Generation? Can we provide enough joy, hope and fun that they will create solutions to our Climate Crisis? That is the other problem I seek to solve. I see robust in-person and virtual communities as one answer. I was blessed to have parents who inspired me to believe that I can make a difference:
Now you know a little more about me and what inspires me! In turn, I got myself re-inspired to continue this Substack as it approaches its 3-year anniversary.
Leveraging AI
FUTURE OF WORK: How will new technology change our workforce?
“Use AI to save time”, they’ve been touting. You may remember my November edition 107: The Building Blocks For Everything That Could Occur In The Next 1000 Days Exists Today. It was time to explore for myself
All the posts in this edition (except E152) predate ChatGPT. And ChatGPT had little to offer in re-editing the originals. I decided to use an AI tool to create the video for E150. But it fell flat - like someone playing the O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana) on a homemade 3-string guitar with a folksy lilt instead of the full blown power of the orchestral and choral rendition2. It took me a little extra time, but I produced my own (incorporating a few ideas from the AI-fail).
However, I did use AI tools in Descript to create a little promo reel that got a lot of views on LinkedIn for the previously published YouTube video in E151 The Space To Believe That Anything Is Possible:
And I have been using tools in Substack such as voiceover to reach a different segment of my subscriber base.
Now I know more than I did before. I am getting better at prompt engineering and creating workflows. And I am learning how AI is a tool that I can leverage to do 60% of the lift, one that can save me time, and will only replace the tasks on my list that no longer bring me joy.
21st-CENTURY SKILLS: Proactive Rest & Transitions
Normalizing pro-active rest is a hallmarks of my Substack. I am on a mission. When we recognize our indicators for stress, pre-empt and manage these moments, we model this important skillset for the #NextGen. A few weeks back my nephew and I were coaching my niece on how to pace ourselves so that we do not burn out. I am going to ask him to share in his own words his surprising discovery of how pacing may actually help us go faster.
My takeaways from this cycle of seven3:
When you bring back your oldies, your OG fan base sings along, while your newer fans discover another side to you
New subscribers rarely find the time to do a deep dive into all 154 past editions of my work. Revisiting old issues fills in the missing blanks in the intimate conversation that continues to develop between all of us in Tribe Tilt.
Pre-programming an envigorating break into your work cycle creates the space to explore new ideas.
What would I learn about you if you pulled a T-Swift and published an edition of your past work?
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Karena
Dateline: Oakville, Canada
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O Fortuna from Carmina Burana
My cycle of seven explores synergies over the past six weeks of essays. This comes from the "Colosseum of Ideas" concept in Write of Passage. They fall under these three major themes:
Raising Future-Ready Leaders, including a look at 21st-century skills
Impact of the Future of Work over the next decade
Exploring empowering conversations on Climate