%% #📓 #🎧 #🟠 %% # 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 --- # 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 --- # 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) ## Tags