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# Reimagine the Status Quo - Varol 2022
**Author:** [[Ozan Varol]]
**Citation:** Varol, O. (October 2022). *Reimagine the status quo* [Audio]. Ozan Varol. https://ozanvarol.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Audio-Training-by-Ozan.mp3
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# Abstract ~ 3 Sentence Summary
A 15-min audio lesson that was offered as a bonus for participating in [[How to (really, truly, deeply) trust yourself - MBS 2022]]. Ozan discusses how to change the world by changing the way you view the world. He offers 3 strategies for changing the status quo in your life and work.
## Key Takeaways
# Notes & Important Ideas
### 3 Strategies to Make Giant Leaps in Life & Work
1. [[Backcasting]] = This is the opposite of [[forecasting]].
- Determine what you want and work backward from that.
> [! quote] Ozan Varol
> Instead of letting your existing reality drive your vision, let your vision drive your reality.
2. Use [[strategic procrastination]] to ignite creativity and generate breakthroughs
- Walk away from the project to grow it, not avoid it.
> [!quote] Ozan Varol
> If you stay focused for too long, your thinking will stagnate. So, follow a period of focus with a state of un-focus. Let your mind wander.
> [! quote] Ozan Varol
> If you're not in possession, get in position. In other words, if you don't have the ball, move to a different place on the field where you're open to receiving.
- Movement and cognition are activated in the same region of the brain. So, walking can improve creativity.
3. [[Focus on crossing the swamp]]
- Instead of being reactive and spending time on things like answering emails, be proactive and focus on what's most important.
- Don't focus on your to-do list, instead decide what's important and relentlessly prioritize it.
## Connections to Other Materials
## Personal Reflection & Application
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# Other References
TBR:: 🔖 Oppezzo, M., & Schwartz, D. L. (2014). Give your ideas some legs: The positive effect of walking on creative thinking. *Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40*(4), 1142-1152. [https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036577](https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/a0036577)
TBR:: 🔖The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander (GR)
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