Are you giving your attention to the wrong things? It could stop you achieving the things that really matter. In this week’s newsletter we’re Rethinking attention. You can read it at: rachelbotsman.substack.com #newsletter #trust #attention

It took me a long time to realise this: Attention is something intentional. Attention is the key to shaping how we spend our time – and life. It’s so easy to give attention to the wrong things. What’s your ‘main thing’?

How do you share ideas in a group setting? Often we fail to unlock the collective intelligence of a group. In this week’s newsletter we’re Rethinking groupthink. You can read it at: rachelbotsman.substack.com #newsletter #trust #groupthink

How do you improve independent and collective thinking? Perhaps you need to generate some ‘idea friction’. Diverge, converge, diverge, converge. You walk away to come back together to ignite something with energy.

Is people-pleasing a strength or a weakness? Perhaps it can be both. In this week’s newsletter we’re Rethinking people pleasing. You can read it at: rachelbotsman.substack.com #newsletter #trust #peoplepleasing

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Remote & hybrid work means we’re spending less in-person time together than ever before. How do we harness the power of shared experiences? In this week’s newsletter we’re Rethinking Collective Effervescence. You can read it at: rachelbotsman.substack.com #newsletter

What turns a regular group or team experience from ‘me’ to ‘we’ to ‘us’? Some shared experiences happen by chance, but it often requires thoughtful design. #newsletter #trust #collectiveeffervescence

In #Paris2024 there will be the first-ever nursery at the heart of the Athletes' Village. The aim is to offer a space for Olympic mothers to bond with and nurse their babies amid their competitions. Wonderful but I ask myself, how has it taken over 100 years for this to happen?

There’s a real tension between truth and kindness. So how can we be honest with the utmost care and attention? In this week’s newsletter we’re Rethinking Honesty. You can read it at: buff.ly/46rL7NN #newsletter #trust #honesty

Honesty that leads to trust requires us to be direct in what we say but clear and kind in our intent. #newsletter #trust #honesty

Making art is often about conveying with truth something we observe, that catches our breath, nerves or attention. Art works best when it touches something deep inside of you. You can’t make authentic art without honesty.

Slow is not a luxury but a necessity for creative work. Slow allows us to: ● Think in unstructured, unconventional ways. ● Enjoy the steps in the process, not just output. ● Be less reactive and more proactive. Read more here: rachelbotsman.substack.com

Imagine what you could achieve if you gave a few more minutes to doing something you love. #newsletter #trust #slowingdown

We can’t understand trust - how it’s gained or lost - if we don’t look at its relationship to power dynamics. In this week’s newsletter we’re Rethinking ‘Building Trust’. You can read it at: rachelbotsman.substack.com

To earn someone’s trust, we need to behave in ways that are trustworthy. How we act. What we decide to do but more importantly not to do. How we speak to people, especially when things are not going well. #newsletter #trust

Cornwall or the Caribbean? Some recent vacation photo editing inspired my latest newsletter topic on what happens when we start to chip away at our shared reality and present the world as we’d like it to be, rather than as it is. Read it here: buff.ly/4gkXKyA

Your Reality + My Reality + Factual Truth = Shared Reality A shared reality is what makes us feel safe, seen, and understood during stressful or high-stakes events. Without it, our society literally becomes unwell. Helpful to keep in mind for the U.S. election this fall.

When the narrative is sticky, facts don’t matter to the brain. Read my latest Rethink newsletter on this topic: buff.ly/3ZsChy2

When you first saw this photo, did you think it was real? I didn’t. He’s hovering. The sky is like a perfect Turner Painting. His surfboard is way too upright. But it is real. An incredibly iconic moment captured by photographer Jerome Brouillet Photography