In this episode, Sharon Leigh shares her insights on education, neurodivergence, and the importance of questioning traditional narratives, using the french poem about a 'bad student' as a springboard for deeper reflection.

Le Cancre by Jacques Prévert

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What Sharon threw off guard this week.

And how other people reacted to it

aaaand sharon observed herself during it

Saskia and Sharon as Guiney Pigs for a training.

Drama and emotional intelligence

Navy SEAL Team of Coaches

Emotional Intelligence

Let's build a Platform for Neurodivergent Coaches and Trainers

Getting support in recognizing some really shitty family dynamics :)

What is normal and from what power structure does it come from?

Pathfinder Mindset and the level of discomfort

Homework for Alex :) - when do I put myself in a wandering situation

Difference between searching and wandering

Alex found his style of wandering

The ones that got away

THE cello musicians for Sharon an dALex

https://www.zoekeating.com

https://www.apocalyptica.com

It plays into what I observed last week: ADHD Ripoffs

cheap Notion Planners

little ebooks that seem really put together very unmotivated

Especially when it is REALLY expensive

Navy SEAL Team of Coaches

IDEA Workshop Emotional Intelligence

What is Emotional Intelligence?

A Workshop as a Emotional Intelligence Gym

Self Permission

instead of

Self Sabotage

Perspective and distancing

not taking things personal

How could you advertize that to a company?

IDEA: Let's build a Platform for Neurodivergent Coaches and Trainers

Idee und Technology von Creare Pausa

Train them to do coaching and workshops with neurotypicals

I offer the Platform my help to make the EXCEL Sheet into a Google or EXCEL Form

A database of neurodivergent Coaches - for neurodivergent coachees - and for neurotypical company people

Greetings Friends!

Our podacst guest got caught up on a mountain top :)

So we had to freewing this episode and talked about:

How NOT to find a Collaboration Partners - and how to do it in a good way.

Know thyself

what do you

- need

- want

- is fun for you

The Operating Manual of Me

Editing is OK for me but STARTING the editing process ist REALLY hard

Tim Ferriss Five Bullet Friday

Great for Sharon

Too structured can equal boring for Alex

Live Collaborating :-D

Sharon is the right person for podcasting for Alex too

Alex would be not curious enough on its own and too concerned that a topic is not interesting enough.

Sharon is naturally great at getting a conversation started

Some things you CAN do alone but they are better with a partner:

Like sparring or playing tennis

Sharons widsom podcast Wizecracking

Sharon's filter of everthing:

2 choices to start a project with this or with this person

with which person you would like to be stranded for 8 hours in a shady airport in?

Alex story when he did travelling around the world in 80 hours in germany.

Do you feel save saying no?

Does the person has a sense of humor about themselves?

Being adapt plug-pullers

With all that is in our heads:

How do we get these things out?

[[FRT BOOK WRITING SUMMER CAMP 2023]]

the Tucker Max - Book in a Box Workshop

and Sharons Happy Meal of Meatball Sundae

Why it is hard to collaborate for Alex in real life

researching, learning, throwing legobricks of content on the floor and build a space station

Montessori Methods in agile companies

Sharons TV-series Recommendation:

Ted Lasso

4th principle

**We Don't know**

We have a Book Title there! :-D

Back to how to find a collabortive partner?

Where to find one?

- LinkedIn and put it out in the universe and see what you get back

- Start your own movement

- WhatApp Story / Status and ask if somebody knows somebody - that is a bit more private

- Write a DM to people on LinkedIn or other contacts and ask them if the would collaborate with you

- join a community like NESS LABS (free or low priced) or cohort courses (often expensive) like altMBA from Seth Godin or the Book in a Box course or Youtuber Academy by Ali Abdaal

- Discord Servers or Reddit Groups

- Start a Working out Loud Circle

Sharons closing question about the opposite thing of

Death by a thousand papercuts

Freudensprung

Glücksmoment

Alex and the ONE word nothing rimes to in german is APFEL

Geetings friends! This episode is from our archives after Alex's COVID Infection in 2022. In isolation he found out that he is an somewhat of an artist and has a lot of questions for sharon about the connections between art and neurodiversity.

Art in Isolation and Neil Gaiman

Bullet Journaling Ryder Carroll Style (Who also has ADHD and his Book about the Bullet Journaling Method)

Doodling in the night with Peter

https://www.peterdraws.com - https://www.youtube.com/@peter_draws

Drawing YouTuber Danny Gregory

https://www.youtube.com/@DannyGregory

Ales got COVID _and_ Creativity

Alex Question to Sharon:

When are you an artist?

We are what we ever claim ourselves to be

I am an astronaut!

Tom Sachs https://www.tomsachs.com

Where your passion lies

selling artwork is not a qualification

Definition of an artist

someone who creates

Geeking out about fountain pens

and

refilling the cartridges with siringes

Are left handed people automatically Neurodivergent?

Neurodivergents are creative experts in hacking the system.

Digitization

Life as art

2 Boxes of journals of Sharon's mom's journal

what's the purpose of keeping Art / Archives / Journals

Maybe: Evolution of our thinking

Justifying yourself for your art and joy

A dance with your self

The best form of meditation:

Being in the now

Are artists always neurodiverse persons?

The invitation to play and make mistakes

The art of people and fascilitation

Moderating workshops

Having Plan A, B and C

The danger of forcing ideas on people

Solution:

Your bag of Tricks

Greetings Friends!

This one from 2022 was very influenced by the Book Wanting from Luke Burgess and the concept of modelling he describes in the book.

Who am I modelling on?

is really hard for Alex to say - because some things he likes to model had to be separated from the person

- like Steve Jobs

- try to model for example thinking models like Reasoning from First Principles

- Stoicism

- Like to Model or be inspired by people who or whose work I like.

Have to differentiate their Life and Character from the WAY they do things or they think

and then see if it works for me

- Casey Neistat

- [[Quelle - Neil Gaiman]]

- Katy Bowman

- Ryan Holiday

- Seth Godin

- Gary Vaynerchuk

- Ali Abdaal

- Tim Ferriss

- James Altucher

Try to pick

What do children model

Book Luke Burgess Wanting

when Alex was a kid he modelled for example my older cousin and people from movies

today:

ALex doesn't model people he knows personally

Sharon:

Freshmanistan

Celebristan

George Carlin / Richard Prior

Die 2 - Tony Curtis - Roger Moore

Modelling Karate Kid

and wishing for Mr Miyagi

Yoda

Dumbledore

They are very caring and protective

You can model yourself but not the circumstances

Do nothing - conversations / workshop

Unhurried conversations

Slow food - slow interaction

Blogging for serendipty in ours

Modelling with intent

Writing. - not thinking about a target person for content - modelling neil gaiman for writing fiction conciously to get into the writing

Using neil gaiman's fountain pen

Art Matters

you are what you risk

The Artist's way

Ann Handley Newsletter

Taking notes in a converstaions

Follow multiple conversations

and people who cannot follow

In our final Interview-episode of 2024, we welcome Grant Harris, a certified diversity executive, coach, and consultant, to explore the multifaceted world of neurodiversity.

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https://www.youtube.com/@freerangethinkingpodcast Grant shares his late autism diagnosis story, growing up with unique communication styles, and how neurodiversity impacts workplaces. We discuss how to shift perspectives from compliance to building community and why neurodiversity isn't just another "initiative." Join us for a thought-provoking conversation about distinct human experiences, the challenges of masking, and how neurodiversity can be a powerful asset. Links: Grant Harris's Website - https://www.compliancetocommunity.com/ Grant's Linktree - https://linktr.ee/grantharris 00:00 Intro and Welcome 03:02 Grant’s Childhood and Late Diagnosis 09:00 Neurodistinct instead of Neurospicy 19:47 Workplace Resistance to Neurodiversity 26:03 How to Build Inclusive Communities 41:20 Autism as an Asset 52:43 Closing Thoughts 📢 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more episodes!

We knoooow it has been a long time :) But we are back (in fact we never went anywhere - we recorded almost weekly - but didn't published) until TODAY! YAY!

In this conversation, we (Alex and Sharon) shortly reflect on our summer adventures and the importance of maintaining connections.

Then we delve into the significance of self-calming techniques, coping mechanisms, and the dynamics of neurodiversity in relationships.

We highlight the necessity of preparedness in various situations, the role of humor and storytelling in social interactions, and the importance of communication in navigating relationships.

And in the end we share our own practical self-calming strategies and tactics.

If you would like to share your best self calming techniques with us, please let us know!

mail@alex-kahl.de with Subject: FRT Feedback Self Calming

Greetings Friends! This Episode revolves around being a Neurodivergent in relationships. Not only romantic relationships but friendships, work relationships and family business.

Have fun and get in touch with us!

sharon.leigh@poleposition4life.com

and

mail@alex-kahl.de

Load on attention

1 1/2 until Sharon hosts her retreat

Being Neurodivergent in a relationship

Sharon's take on relatoinships

Alex is bit responsible for himself and for his girlfriend's reactions

overselfimportance

Aren't YOU perfect?

What kind of therapy exist for neurodivergent partners?

In Germany Therapy is REALLY not as accepted as in US

What is therapy for?

You just have to be open to discuss it

Dealing with medicine

Not putting others on the defensive

"I am reviewing who i want to be involved with. i am specifically looking for cooperative healthinsurance partners" - change the dynamics for my self made healthcare plan

Our boundaries

Minimize sensory overload

Example: The Wedding Reception - with earplugs

The reason why it took Alex until he was 40 to have kids

Choose from whom you learn from

Caretaker for older pepople with robots

Ali Abdaal - got the Feedback as a medical Student he had to work on his empathy for bein ga Doctor

Future of medical care

lowering the Egos on both side

"how to be a good patient"

Giving others a user manual for yourself