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The Invisible Mentor Weekly Newsletter: Brain Food Fridays Number 65 – What’s the Worst That Could Happen?
Dear Reader,
These days, instead of rushing to write the newsletter an hour before I schedule it, I’ve been taking time to think about what I’m writing. I hope you can benefit from the information I share with you. I want to let you know that I was interviewed for a podcast a few weeks ago. I’ve included the link in the newsletter for you to watch it.
What’s the Worst That Could Happen?
Be curious and don’t overthink things. Last week I wrote about trying to understand how to use the web-based app, Roam Research. To recap, the app helps you to make connections among different notes. It’s based on a concept called network note taking. If you connect your nodes by using a network system, you’ll see new connections you didn’t know existed. This will be a game changer for professionals who write articles to build their professional brand.
It’s been a struggle for me to use the app. I didn’t get it. You go to Roam Research’s website and all you see is the date on a blank page. I watched several YouTube tutorials and I still didn’t really understand what to do. I watched a short video, which was about three minutes. The YouTuber explained that it’s difficult to learn how to use the app. I felt a bit better because it wasn’t me. He explained that for starters, you want to do only two things with the app — write and link.
I decided to let that sit for a while. I thought that I didn’t learn anything from the hours I spent watching all those YouTube videos. But that was not the case, one of the things I learned was to use double square brackets [[]] to create links. The other thing that stuck was having the information in a text file. I decided to test something to see what would happen in the Roam Research app. I have Books to Read lists (Heading 2) in Google Docs. I placed double square brackets around the name of the books and the name of the author.
When I copied and pasted the information into the app, it was set up exactly as it should be. As I read the books and add my notes, placing the name of the books and author names in double square brackets, as well as key information for me such as big ideas and book pairing in double square brackets, I’ll start to see the beauty of the app. Am I expert on using Roam Research? No, I’m not. But my curiosity to try something worked out. I tried something and I also knew that the worst that could happen is me having to delete the information.
In what ways do you hold yourself back because you’re not sure how to do something. Ask yourself what’s the worst that could happen, and based on your answer, act.
Avil Beckford in the News
AVIL BECKFORD’S BOOK READING CLUB
I pulled the information immediately below from the show notes.
“I had an interesting interview with Ms. Avil Beckford, founder of The Invisible Mentor, is a skilled writer, blogger, researcher, analyst and published author. She is a voracious reader who loves to read books off the beaten path. Because of her love for reading, Avil created leadership development programs to get more professionals reading, so they can use the knowledge in books to take their career and business to the next level. She is an advocate of continuous learning and loves to teach others what she has learned. You can find her book, Digest 30 Books in 30 Days on Amazon.”
You can watch the video here, you have to scroll down to see mine.
Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading
The following books are ones that I want to read. I’ve started to read the books, but made less of a dent this week than I did last week. I’ve read a bunch of books for entertainment that are not on the list below.I created a course and presented it to members of my mastermind group for feedback. I’m presenting to the International Mentoring Association on April 14th, so I’m working on that. I’m learning to be gentler with myself. I love to read, so I know I’ll read the books soon.
What are you reading? Hit reply to this email to let me know.
- The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy
- The Self Help Book
- Secrets to a Millionaire Mind
- Danielle: Chronicles of a Superheroine
- Making Ideas Happen
- Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself
- Delay, Don’t Deny
- How to be a Power Connector
- The Emotion Code
- Ikigai
- QBQ: The Question Behind the Question
- Bulletproof Problem Solving
- How to Be a Power Connector
- What’s Your Problem
- The Invincible Company
Did you notice how I continue to add to the list?
The Invisible Mentor Blog
This is Episode 9 of the new series, The One Problem. This week, Patti Pokorchak, talks about how to live a life without regrets. Each episode is under 10 minutes.
Badass Woman Gertrude Belle Elion: Gertrude Belle Elion, along with George H. Hitchings with whom she worked with close to 40 years, and Sir James W. Black were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for “their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment.” She not only helped to create treatments for many life threatening diseases, but her work advanced the understanding of cellular metabolism.
Until Next Week,
Avil Beckford, Founder, The Invisible Mentor!
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