Wanting to write a thread on the larger meta-vision I have that inspired me to make this move. Initially wrote this in response to @andy_matuschak's response "Y'all, this attitude is rad", but wanted it to be a top-level thread because it's important and stands on its own.
Building a meta-team around what releases energy
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This is inspired for me in part by tapping into what for me is the answer to "what can I do that releases energy rather than requiring energy?" and finding the answer being something on the design/vision/strategy level that every company needs.
But I can't actually found or work at all the companies! Not enough time, and too much other work that needs to happen. So I need to connect with other people, for whom there's some complementary role for them to play, that they feel stoked about!
Sometimes this may even involve me ideating #ThingsIWantToExist, then finding people & encouraging+empowering them to execute it. But "finding people" is not actually my "can't not do" thing. So I guess this meta-team needs a person who LOVES finding!
But damn, how do we bootstrap the meta-team & find a person who loves finding… before we have a person who loves finding?! One answer: it's okay to do things that take energy, in service of that which releases energy!🔥 Other answer is @m_ashcroft's michaelashcroft.org/blog/how-to-fi…
Which is what I'm doing here, & why I'm writing this as a top-level thread not just a reply to Andy. This is a beacon 🌟 Want to work with people doing whatever most deeply energizes you? Join us! …how? There's no formal thing. Joining = participating in this attitude.
I expect that at some point some more formal structures will emerge so this can scale, and I have a vision of that, but for now let's just start exploring things on this attitude level—tapping & releasing the intrinsic motivation energy.
There's a question here of "how do you go about finding out what sorts of things are energy releasing for you?" There's no one answer to that. For me, I had a hunch, and a series of conversations (including one with a friend trained in Sacred Gifts) helped me get clarity.
Another approach that might be helpful for people is what Daniel Schmachtenberger calls Dharma Inquiry. I've only gotten like 10% of the way through his Qs but they seem potent for this. I have a page about this (context+template) on my roamblog. intertwingled.blog/#/app/malcolmo…
My other suggestion, if you feel lost trying to tap into what would release energy for you to do: start small & try stuff. YESness-based motivation is a skill, & for most people is buried under tangled layers of coercive & authoritarian motivation.
Another suggestion is to focus on the other dimension, of just making contact with people. I'm glad @andy_matuschak is in this thread because he's written about why to [[Work with the garage door up]]. His notes: notes.andymatuschak.org/Work_with_the_… Example:
This thread has been exhilarating & thrilling to write, as it's the 1st time I'm articulating publicly to the biggest vision I currently have that's motivating me, which is a rich network of people who can do this synergic thing really effectively & smoothly, & train others to.🤩
Writing this thread is, clearly, for me, one of those energy-releasing things. However much it has any particular impact, the act of clarifying this, articulating it, and putting it out there, is deeply juicy & satisfying for me.
*AND* it matters that the vision happens. But I'm pursuing it in a way that's energy-releasing! I'm not trying to force myself into becoming a finder-of-people or Sacred Gifts guide. I'm doing what is mine to do, which is "teach them to yearn"
As far as I can tell, there's a kind of RH 🧠 non-doing energy here that is really beautiful. After I release this into the world, I can pause and say "okay, I've done what is mine here for now!" then rest & see what else arises that is mine to do (probably breakfast—it's 4pm😆)