Natalie Audelo
@natalieaudelo
yes person for all things community, connection, & storytelling
Natalie Audelo
work as a social institution - Peter Senge
I’ve been teaching creative writing for many years. And teaching writing is a weird thing, because it’s not just about helping students master a subject. It’s really about helping them discover what stories they’re meant to tell, how best to tell those stories, and how to overcome the inhibitions that inevitably arise when we seize the mantle of... See more
Steve Almond Tells Us
When you're dealing with something difficult, try zooming out and imagining it happening to a character in a movie. Instead of being stuck in the pain of the moment, see it as part of a bigger narrative that you're detached from.
Knowing where to go and what to do is the currency that, in the modern aspiration economy, makes curators more important than influencers. They guide their audience through culture by putting forward a selection of images, references, codes, product releases, or memes. Curation gives even mundane objects value by connecting them with a point of... See more
andjelicaaa.substack.com • Move Over Influencers, Here Come Curators
What do you wish Strategists would do more of?... See more
- “Find opportunities for action, and not just diagnostics.”
- “Choices. Most planning presentations open up possibilities but do not close them. They are exploratory; they analyze issues but never make choices, and for me, strategy is about choosing.”
How do you judge whether a creative brief is good or
Alex Morris • SCRAPSCRAPS v 164
If you're in that invisible building phase right now—working a job that feels like a stepping stone, living in a place you've outgrown, developing skills in private—know this: You're not behind. You're in training.
Carmen Van Kerckhove • Stop pretending you don’t care
My goal this year is to live in harmony with my sensitivity and appreciate its gifts.
The Very Best Culture Study Advice
Waiting is the act of staying where one is, of delaying action until a particular time comes around or an external event occurs. It’s a risky state to consign yourself to because; what you’re waiting for may never come.
A day after I left my doctor’s surgery, I received an automated text from them. It was advertising mental health workshops: “Is... See more
A day after I left my doctor’s surgery, I received an automated text from them. It was advertising mental health workshops: “Is... See more
Victoria Spratt • Stop Sitting In The Waiting Room Of Your Own Life
The mind, with its thoughts, is driven by feelings. Each feeling is the cumulative derivative of many thousands of thoughts. Because most people throughout their lives repress, suppress, and try to escape from their feelings, the suppressed energy accumulates and seeks expression through psychosomatic distress, bodily disorders, emotional
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