3 useful things every Thursday to help thinkers of all kinds gain clarity, get unstuck, and make great progress on what matters most.
"Handles on the doors of what we can know"
Published 5 months ago • 1 min read
Prison or Paradise?
Prison island. Zanzibar, Tanzania. By MariusLtu from Getty Images Pro.
Last week in Hold That Thought, we explored stories, brushed with danger. This week I'm still thinking about it. Here are three things on that theme to help turn overthinking into expert thinking:
The podcast episode above is a whopper, clocking in at just under 2 hours. But I promise you, it's well worth it. You'll never have to give another boring data presentation, write another bad headline, or tell a meandering story.
And since Matthew ruined all films for us, let's spoil the trailers, too. This week's unthinking link contains the formula for every blockbuster film trailer ever
As you [ bounce | trample | fly | breeze | ? ] through the rest of this day, what tropes, stories, and metaphors might you meet?
Kim
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Hello! My name is Kim Witten and I’ve spent four decades overthinking absolutely everything. I’ve turned this ability into a super skill to get stuff done and now my mission is to help others do the same. Read more about my journey