Wednesday Wonder: How to get your mojo back
Welcome to the inaugural Wednesday Wonder, Nikki. For the next few weeks, we're trying out a LIVE collaboration to share what we're all thinking about life, work, and leadership. Read more below!
CONFESSION TIME...I lost my mojoI'm embarrassed to admit this, but over the last few months, I lost my work mojo.
I became cynical and unmotivated, and questioned whether the work I did made any difference, or if it was all a load of corporate bullsh*t. 😬
Inspired Introducing: Wednesday WonderAn exciting experiment in collective intelligence.
Every week I'm blown away by the insightful and interesting responses I get to my email and I want to keep connecting with you all.
So, a lightning bolt struck. ⚡️
You should all share in each other's brilliance.
Inspired by an amazing session I recently attended where Chad Littlefield crowd-sourced a live 40,000 word book from 170 people (!!!???!!!) I'm kicking off a collaborative experiment of my own.
Here's how it works.
Every week, I'm going to ask for your brief thoughts on a specific question or idea. You'll anonymously share your quick contribution - and then you can access everyone's ideas, as many times as you like.
Try it out now!
(...for those who are interested, here's what I'm currently doing to get my mojo back)
1. Reminding myself of the good stuff. I love the work I do with groups and teams, and I know it makes a huge difference to the people who take part. So, I've recorded myself expressing that, (fresh out of an awesome session), and set it as a morning alarm, for as long as I need to remember it.
2. Changing things up If you do the same thing for long enough, it will get stale. That doesn't mean you need to get rid of it, but it could be time to change how you do it. Wednesday Wisdom has been going out weekly for almost 4 years, it's time to try on something new on for size.
3. Focusing on helping others. Spend long enough in your own head and things will always seem worse than they are. I recently read Lost Connections by Johann Hari (such a good book) and the antidotes to drowning in your own misery are conclusively proven to be connection and service. This experiment achieves both!
