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.

in it for the long haul
When a manager assigns a team a difficult but achievable job, the moderate stress of the task releases neurochemicals, including oxytocin and adrenocorticotropin, that intensify people’s focus and strengthen social connections. When team members need to work together to reach a goal, brain activity coordinates their behaviors efficiently. But this ... See more
from The Neuroscience of Trust by Paul J. Zak
how to build trust
“Basically, when you get to my age, you’ll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you. I know people who have a lot of money, and they get testimonial dinners and they get hospital wings named after them. But the truth is that nobody in the world loves them. If you get to my age in l... See more
from Smart Things I’ve Read Lately by Morgan Housel
redefining success
It’s so strange how we’re able to carry forward this mystery of personal identity even when our present selves are so different from our future selves and from our past selves most of all. I think a lot about this question of, what is a person? Am I the same person as my childhood self? Sure, we share the same body, but even that body is so differe... See more
from Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age by Maria Popova
So philanthropy under this rubric is not about creating sanctuaries from or alternatives to the demands of capitalism. The benevolence, if you can call it that, is in giving people from the underclass a chance to succeed by its rules. With, of course, very patronizing and constraining surveillance from the funder. It’s neoliberal brainworms all the... See more
from The Problems of Modern Philanthropy
power structures and dynamics
When hiring, look for people with the right attitude. Skills can be taught. Attitude changes require a brain transplant.
from Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
building great work cultures
I think we all want to be heard and music is a way to let out our inner emotional life, sometimes in a way that can’t necessarily be understood any other way. It functions different than prose or storytelling in that the music has an emotional base to it, even without the words. So you can feel this energy and express whatever’s going on inside of
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from Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative by On Being
Rick Rubin and
this hurdle I have to jump over each time I write: How can I say this more crisply? When I write (which is really just to say: when I think) it all boils down to one simple, but utterly excruciating question: What am I really trying to say here?
from distillation by Isabel Hazan
good questions
"You won't always get what you strive for, but you will definitely get what you settle for. You won't magically outperform your standards."
from 3-2-1: The power of imperfection, the secret to a good morning, and more

from The Neuroscience of Trust by Paul J. Zak

from Smart Things I’ve Read Lately by Morgan Housel

from Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age by Maria Popova

from The Problems of Modern Philanthropy

from Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

from Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative by On Being

from distillation by Isabel Hazan

from 3-2-1: The power of imperfection, the secret to a good morning, and more