"Don’t deny or demean your process - know it, own it and embrace it. Play to your glorious strengths and approach the areas you struggle with with lashings of self-compassion." ~ Monique Shaw
Welcome to Episode 4 of Season 4. In today’s episode, we have our first Rewrite Clinic segment, answering a real listener challenge about how to take a brain full of brilliant ideas and open tabs and move into practical action. If you often find yourself stuck in ideation and analysis paralysis - especially if you have an expansive or ADHD brain that sees infinite possibilities - this episode is for you.
05:00 – Rewrite Clinic: Getting ‘Marinating, Open Tabs’ into Action
06:45 – Rewriting How You Work vs. Rewriting Your Career
07:35 – Coaching Self-Inquiry Questions (Unpacking "Doing It Better")
09:40 – Moving into Action: Looking at Your Own Track Record
10:55 – Tool 1: Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies as an Action Framework
13:30 – Time-Capping the Marination & ‘Open Tabs’ Phase
15:40 – Tool 2: My 4 Stages of the Creative Process (Right vs. Left Brain)
18:30 – Lowering the Stakes & Making Tasks Bite-Sized
20:00 – Tool 3: Micro-Deadlines & Breaking the Seal on Starting
21:40 – Tool 4: Body Doubling & Accountability in Community
23:05 – "Doing Career Better" & Playing to Your Unique Strengths
24:10 – Action Checklist & Episode Recap
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Monique Shaw is a certified transformational coach, qualified marketer, and founder of Rewrite. She helps ambitious, empathetic professionals rewrite how they live and work on their own terms and at their own pace. Learn more at rewriterewrite.com.
The Rewriters is written, produced and presented by Monique Shaw.
Original music by DJ Cinnamon.
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