Introspect

0. Introduction 0.1 What is INTROSPECT about? 0.2 Light the heart-beacon, illuminate the fog 0.3 A warning 0.4 A lament 0.5 What to expect ACT I. The Call to Adventure 1.1 Face the desire for personal sovereignty 1.2 Execute the jailbreak 1.3 Refusal of the call: Face your inner conflict Now for some unedited rambling ACT II. The Sword and the Thread 2.1 Experiment with stream-of-consciousness journaling 2.2 Learn storytelling to encourage yourself Shamanism, talismans and meaning-work 2.3 Experiment with frames 2.4 Unlearn catastrophizing → learn project management Learn Project Management The MVP model of personal development What my ex-boss taught me 2.5 Take baby steps 2.6 Do 100 things 2.7 Ask questions 2.8 Define problems and solve them Examples of misframed problems 2.9 Investigate your desires Walk and then pave the desire paths 2.10 Learn to ask for help 2.11 Cultivate a sense of humor Joke about the outcomes you want 2.12 Embrace your mistakes 2.13 Cultivate casual optimism 2.14 Celebrate your wins Rambling ACT III. Enter the Labyrinth 3.1 Investigate your boredom 3.2 Get in tune with your body 3.3 Face your fears: you can’t think your way out of a courage deficit 3.4 Declare trust bankruptcy (if you need to) 3.5 Uninstall social bloatware 3.6 Investigate your copes 3.7 Face your anger 3.8 Be aware of exhaustion funnels And now for more unedited rambling ACT IV. Confront the Minotaur 4.1 Confront the propaganda department of the mind 4.2 Face your inner authoritarian-tyrant Trickster Energy Some notes on narcissism 4.3 Put the gun down 4.4 Death and rebirth: The Dark Night Of The Soul Rambling ACT V. Return with the Elixir 5.1 Integrate the shadow 5.2 Focus on what you want to see more of 5.3 Show Up, Don’t Die, Don’t Quit 5.4 Pay it forward Appendix Recurring motifs throughout this book What I was hoping to do: Thank you About the author