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Hey reader
how's your week going? Mine's a little nuts, and I'm hoping this useletter is coherent.
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It's the week before school holidays, and a little out of control. I'm needing to prepare for time away, as well as setting myself up for success on return. And remaining present in my work for my clients and unmeasured's ongoing development. Right now, my head is simultaneously in this useletter and elsewhere.
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OK! Trying to being present here...
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I'm curious, what did you think of the last useletter on humility? Did you move through the last fortnight more mindful of your own humility? I know I tried, and also failed on occasions. I keep reminding myself to pause and listen rather than interject. As always, it's a work in progress and I'm mindfully finding the opportunities for learning.
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As promised, this useletter will consider how you might practice with more humility. As with many things I write on here, humility is a skill and we're often likely to get it wrong. But with practice we'll get better at it. Keep going.
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PS: For those interested in the article I mentioned in my last useletter - for Parlour's Dear Good Weekend call out. You can find it HERE. Mine's just one of many remarkable and insightful articles. Well worth your time, especially if you're interested in gender equity in the architecture profession.
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5 ways to practice humility
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Starting with a quick reminder.
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Despite what some may think, humility is a strength, not a weakness.
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Listen
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Make space to listen to people and wait until they've finished what they're saying before speaking yourself. Try to avoid talking about yourself unless specifically asked and even then limit yourself to answering the question.
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Gratitude
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A gratitude practice has numerous benefits, not least of which is to remind you of the others that support, inspire and help you to get to where you are. It's impossible to simultaneously show hubris and gratitude at the same time.
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Growth mindset
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If you believe you can improve and develop over time - that's a growth mindset - you must be willing to accept you can be wrong and able to rethink what you believe. Seek to learn from as many people as possible - listening to and hearing alternate views, opinions and ideas. Be open-minded, accept you may be wrong and change your thinking accordingly.
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Find the gift
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Accept disappointments, feedback and mistakes. Embrace them as part of learning and know they'll always be a part of the process. Pause and ask, "Where's the gift in this?" The gift in the disappointment, feedback or the mistake you've made.
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Compliment others
Actively find the good in others. Not just the big things, the things you'd expect them to do or are part of their job, but the things that might not otherwise be noticed or acknowledged. Acknowledge moments of thoughtfulness, generosity or creation. Consciously reach out. Send a text based message or tell them directly (not just a 'like'). Do it personally, or anonymously, with people you know and with strangers.
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Humility is mindful, intentional and builds relationships.
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Let's chat
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At unmeasured I take the argh out of architectural practice.
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Helping architects rethink and find joy in their practice.
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recent useful blog posts...
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It might be time for the architecture profession’s leaders to starting learning form the ground up.
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There’s two main ways to stand out. Be different. or Be better. Copying is the route to unexceptional.
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Or…
do architects do too many of the wrong things?
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“Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.”
Miyamoto Musashi
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