Weekly Question & Framework: August 16, 2024

Hello and welcome to the Curiosity Chronicle Weekly Question and Framework. In three minutes or less, I'll give you one question and one framework to get you thinking going into the weekend. Without further ado, let's dive right into it. A question to accelerate your progress how.

Wide is my information action gap?

The time lag between receiving information and.

Acting on that information is what I call the information action gap.

If it's wide, there's a long delay.

Between information and action.

If it's thin, there's a short delay.

Between information and action.

An observation about the highest performing people.

I've been They have a razor thin information action gap.

They gather information and advice like the rest of us, but unlike most, they.

Also act on it almost immediately.

Note that action can come in various forms.

Process and reject new information or advice as unuseful. Follow up on new information to dig deeper.

Teach new insight to someone to cement learnings. Incorporate new information into existing routines and process. The key is that new information does not lie, fallow, uncultivated, unused, unproductive for very long. Here's a helpful if information isn't nurtured.

With action, it loses its power.

Nurture all new information and your progress will accelerate A Framework to Beat Imposter Syndrome the Yet Mindset this tweet from Adam Grant changed my entire perspective on imposter syndrome. Imposter Syndrome I don't know what I'm doing. It's only a matter of time until.

Everyone finds out I don't know what I'm doing yet.

It's only a matter of time until.

I figure it out.

The highest form of self confidence is believing in your ability to learn. Imposter syndrome is a part of life.

For all highly ambitious people.

That feeling of discomfort when you start pushing past your preconceived limits is natural. It can even be reframed as a good thing, a hidden sign of personal growth as you're taking on things that scare you. But for many of us, imposter syndrome can be crippling as it forces us to retreat to the safety of our current competencies to avoid those new opportunities that might vault us to new heights. The next time you feel it bubbling up, here's a simple trick to fight back. I call it the Yet Mindset. The next time you start feeling like you can't do something, add the word yet to the sentence. I'm not good enough becomes I'm not good enough yet I don't know how to do it becomes I don't know how to do it yet I'm not capable of that becomes I'm not capable of that yet. Yet. Yet becomes your one word reminder that you can achieve anything that you set your mind to. It is the reminder that you are dynamic and capable of so much more than you realize. It is the unlock for your growth mindset. Embrace the yet mindset and change your life. That's all for today. I hope you enjoyed it. I hope you learned something and I hope you'll share it with others. As always, until next time, stay curious, friends.