Natalie Audelo

@natalieaudelo

designing social architecture and community experiences that build trust, generate creativity, and encourage authentic human connection. exploring the healing power of play, movement, music and other integrative practices.

On growing a cooperative like you’d grow a garden
by Willa Köerner
thecreativeindependent.com
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J Curves are stretch opportunities where you take on a role outside your comfort zone. In the best case, these roles make you feel like you’re on a whole different planet. They’re high risk, but if you succeed, they accelerate your growth like nothing else can.

These opportunities can be transformative for someone’s career trajectory but they are al... See more
from Developing high performers
Black Hole Words: To me, these are words that are commonplace in a given industry but everyone has a slightly different definition of them. You can have a whole meeting and if you don’t define the word, you just wasted an hour of everyone’s time. They suck all the meaning and consensus out of a room, out of a business, and out of a company.
from “Black Hole Words” and the power of asking stupid questions by Molly Graham
During this final lap I’m paying close attention to the choices that I make. I’m trying to be very intentional. When I say that I’m aiming to create the fullest expression of the work, I don’t just mean the stories. I want to perfect the process too. How exactly am I using the time that each person gives me on the street? How are they impacted by t... See more
from 🎉 Brandon Stanton just shared "What do you mean by that?" for members only
Before you build a second brain, you must feel things in your gut. Without this connection to your innermost self, your note-taking system will become a digital junkyard. You’ll capture cool ideas, tweets and articles. You may even build a fancy knowledge graph in Roam. But if you don’t have gut feelings about what’s worth keeping, you’ll conf
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from Before building a second brain, build a connection with your gut. by Daniel Kazandjian
gut feeling
It’s not that there’s some metaphysical concept of beauty that rules the world — beauty is a human experience. It’s something that has to do with how humans react to the world and perceive the world. And it’s notoriously thought to be subjective, but it’s not entirely subjective. There’s a very rich history of art objects and music and what people ... See more
from Beauty as a Compass for Truth by On Being
we embody beauty when we recognize and notice it in the world. we are - in part -what we see and notice. we are - in whole - the experiences we integrate into our being. beauty is the act of embodying beautiful qualities from our world
I can chart the exact moments of inflection where I was being pushed to rise to a new level of worth and, instead, took what was on offer. Said yes when it didn’t feel right. Gave something valuable away because I didn’t even know it was valuable. Took whatever was offered to me instead of saying no, and demanding options. Being so impatient to pro... See more
from Demanding more
loving the process
Quality is so rare generally that people are often surprised by it.

Quality rarely happens as an accident, it usually means someone is willing to go further building something that necessarily. At least, someone has to be motivated and allowed to do it, not forced to solely focus on some measurements.

Quality, brand and culture are some of those inta... See more
from Tweet by Karri Saarinen
After all, not to be corny, haven’t we all become selective autobiographers in the digital age as we curate our lives for our own audiences of any size—cutting away from the raw fabric of our lived experience to reveal the shape of the story we most want to tell, whether it’s on our own feeds or the world’s stage?
from TIME's Person of the Year 2023
When we invest in different parts of ourselves, research shows that we’re better equipped to deal with life’s inevitable challenges. For example, in one study, Dr. Patricia Linville found that subjects with a more differentiated idea of themselves—what she calls having greater “self-complexity”—were less prone to depression and physical illnesses f... See more
from How to Find Clarity When You’re at a Career Crossroads by Every
good advice

On growing a cooperative like you’d grow a garden

from Developing high performers

from “Black Hole Words” and the power of asking stupid questions by Molly Graham

from 🎉 Brandon Stanton just shared "What do you mean by that?" for members only

from Before building a second brain, build a connection with your gut. by Daniel Kazandjian

from Beauty as a Compass for Truth by On Being

from Demanding more

from Tweet by Karri Saarinen

from TIME's Person of the Year 2023

from How to Find Clarity When You’re at a Career Crossroads by Every