Thank you for this very interesting interview. I'm always envious of creators who are good at collaborating. That's never been my strong suit. I love supporting other people, but when it comes to my own creativity, collaborations don't seem to go very well... But I appreciate the reminder that it takes time. This time I'm working on co-developing a class, so I have fingers crossed this will be a better collaboration.
Thank you! It is a class on how to connect more deeply with your spirit team. That's the number. One question I get from clients and commenters. So I'm being brave and taking a stab at teaching what I've learned.
My main issue has been other projects getting in the way of writing. But so far I've received very positive feedback on what I have produced. So I think the challenged has been producing enough for people to collaborate and give me feedback on…
I love what you're bringing here! I want to focus on your observation that partnerships start with skills and the shared beliefs are what keep it going. On one hand, I think what you are saying makes total sense, but my instinct is to say the opposite: start with trust/alingment and develop skills later if necessary.
When Victor chose me to be his partner, he put a lot of faith in me. He knew me enough to know that he could trust me and how I work, but I certainly didn't have the necessary skills to lead a tech startup in a very foreign country. We were both thrown in the fire and we had to learn on the go. No previous skills.
Later, I worked with a different startup and I learned from one of its leaders that it's best to bring someone very junior and train them in house than to bring a senior in. I fought her on this, because we had amazing senior people wanting to work with us, but in the long run, she was right and the juniors under her wing are the most reliable, most trustworthy, most effective people in the company. So I think it pays off to think about creative partners the same way. Alignment and trust are probably more valuable than skills, which can be developed according to necessity.
Thank you for this very interesting interview. I'm always envious of creators who are good at collaborating. That's never been my strong suit. I love supporting other people, but when it comes to my own creativity, collaborations don't seem to go very well... But I appreciate the reminder that it takes time. This time I'm working on co-developing a class, so I have fingers crossed this will be a better collaboration.
Oh that's fantastic to hear!! May I ask what kind of class it is? I hope you and your co-creators have a lot of success with it!
Thank you! It is a class on how to connect more deeply with your spirit team. That's the number. One question I get from clients and commenters. So I'm being brave and taking a stab at teaching what I've learned.
That's such an interesting theme! I love that! And how has the collaboration been? Any issues so far?
My main issue has been other projects getting in the way of writing. But so far I've received very positive feedback on what I have produced. So I think the challenged has been producing enough for people to collaborate and give me feedback on…
This is excellent in it's explanation and exploratory ways of learning and creating. I found this very interesting! Thank you for sharing! :)
Beautiful
Please take a look at mine on creation of art and non duality
https://substack.com/@collapseofthewavefunction/note/p-167021101?r=5tpv59&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
I love what you're bringing here! I want to focus on your observation that partnerships start with skills and the shared beliefs are what keep it going. On one hand, I think what you are saying makes total sense, but my instinct is to say the opposite: start with trust/alingment and develop skills later if necessary.
When Victor chose me to be his partner, he put a lot of faith in me. He knew me enough to know that he could trust me and how I work, but I certainly didn't have the necessary skills to lead a tech startup in a very foreign country. We were both thrown in the fire and we had to learn on the go. No previous skills.
Later, I worked with a different startup and I learned from one of its leaders that it's best to bring someone very junior and train them in house than to bring a senior in. I fought her on this, because we had amazing senior people wanting to work with us, but in the long run, she was right and the juniors under her wing are the most reliable, most trustworthy, most effective people in the company. So I think it pays off to think about creative partners the same way. Alignment and trust are probably more valuable than skills, which can be developed according to necessity.