repeat after me: mutually. supportive. feedback loops. mutually supportive feedback loops. virtuous cycles. an interconnected system of positive positive feedback loops. mutually supportive feedback loops!
critical virtuous cycle skills:
- creating good feedback loops
- identifying a feedback loop’s input / output
- connecting one feedback loop’s output to another’s input
- constructing a system of such feedback loops
Personal π€
I meditate. I grow my capacity to concentrate and focus. I let go of patterns that aren’t working for me. I cultivate love. I deepen my intuition. I deepen in wisdom.
I exercise. I run. I do strength training. I do Tai Chi. I gain strength. I gain speed. I gain endurance. I gain mobility. I gain energy. Iβm more comfortable and at home in my own body.
I travel. I meet someone new. We have a terrific conversation. I learn something new. I introduce them to someone else. I grow my network of friends, allies, and collaborators.
I spend time in person with my friends. I spend time in person with my collaborators. We deepen in shared context. I learn from the people I spend time with. They learn from me. I spread ideas that I encounter. I spread skills that I deepen in.
Love β€οΈ
Someone attends Saturday Night Metta. I give a guided meditation on loving kindness and the brahmavihΔrΔs. I record the guided meditation. I post the guided meditation online. Someone listens to a recording of a guided meditation. Someone cultivates love.
Someone feels calmer for having cultivated love. Someone learns to recognize feelings in their emotional body. Someone learns to really enjoy pleasant sensations and feelings in their body. Someone sees themself in a loving way. Someone sees others in a loving way. Someone forgives someone else who hurt them. Someone is happier for having cultivated love. Someone’s feelings of love manifest as acts of kindness in the world. Acts of kindness inspire further acts of kindness.
heart kiss records a piece of music. We release the music on Spotify and SoundCloud. heart kiss makes a music video. Someone watches the music video. I host a metta dance party. I DJ heart kiss’ music. I record the set. People listen to our music. People enjoy our music. People are inspired to practice loving kindness meditation. People share our music.
Curiosity β
I notice what I am curious about. I clarify my questions about that topic. I ask my questions of the world. I read books. I take online courses. I have conversations. I do research. I take notes on what I learn. I tweet about what I learn. I get answers. I get new questions.
I learn new skills. I grow my skills. I maintain my skills. I combine my skills together in new ways. I collaborate with new people. I do collaborations with existing collaborators. We deepen in shared context and experience. My collaborators and I become capable of increasingly complex, ambitious projects. The Service Guild grows its scope and reach, capacity.
I have a podcast interview. I ask questions I am genuinely curious about. My guest enjoys answering my questions. I learn about my guest’s life and projects. I learn something from their way of being in the world. My guest finds reflecting on their life valuable and cohering. We have more shared context. I share the recording online. Someone listens to the conversation. They learn something new from the conversation. Someone shares the conversation with someone else.
I cohere experience around a specific skill or perspective into a coherent piece of writing. I curate related resources. I write a blog post. I link to other blog posts and projects. I write a book.
I write a story or novel. Someone reads the fiction I write. Someone enjoys the novel. Someone is moved by the story. Someone sees their life or the world in a new way.
I record a video of me talking. I post the video to my YouTube channel. Someone watches the video. Someone subscribes to my YouTube channel.
I make art. I use my art in my writing. I use my art in my projects. I post art on my Art Instagram. Someone follows me on Instagram.
Someone follows me on Twitter. Someone checks out my website. Someone finds a blog post I’ve written. Someone signs up for my email newsletter. Someone downloads a book I’ve written. Someone reads a book Iβve written. Someone shares my writing.
The people in the Curiosity Department notice what they are curious about. They learn about their interests in ways that feel aligned for them. They share what they learn with others. We all find it easier to learn about what they have learned about. We improve at our capacity to learn together. We improve at our capacity to share what we learn.
Empowerment πͺ
Someone works with us in the Empowerment Department. Someone feels deeply seen. Someone discerns what their core values are. Someone encounters the idea of a vow. Someone better understands what their vow is. Someone works on a fun service project. They ask for help with their projects. They receive support on their projects. Someone releases their fun service project to the world. They receive encouragement from others on their project. They receive feedback on their project. What they learn gives them an idea for a new fun service project.
Someone journals in their feeds about what they are working on. Their growth inspires others to grow. Their ambition inspires others to take on more ambitious projects. People find other collaborators through our network. People take on increasingly ambitious and complex projects.
Someone buys the Digital Productivity Coach. Someone uses the Digital Productivity Coach. Someone becomes more effective at their work and projects. Someone recommends the Digital Productivity Coach.
The Service Guild π‘οΈ
I collaborate with someone new. They join The Service Guild. People in The Service Guild become friends. Service Guild Members become collaborators. Service Guild Members learn new skills. Service Guild Members bring what they learn from the Guild to other projects. Service Guild Members bring what they learn from other projects to The Guild.
We share what we are doing with other collaborators and organizations. Other collaborators and organizations keep us apprised of what they are doing. We develop mutual situational awareness with our allies.
Knowledge and resources flow from The Service Guild to its members. Knowledge and resources flow from Service Guild members to the larger ecosystem. Knowledge and resources flow from the larger ecosystem to The Service Guild. All our projects are more likely to succeed and benefit the world.
Someone sees the good work I am doing in the world. Someone sees the good work The Service Guild is doing in the world. Someone wants to support me so I can keep doing fun service projects. Someone wants to support The Service Guild. Someone makes a one-time donation. Someone signs up for my Patreon. Incoming money funds further fun service projects.
