Scott Snow

November 26, 2024

Journaling: Audio Dictation, Handwritten, or Typed?

Scott Snow

November 26, 2024

I’ve decided to transition from keeping an audio journal to typing my daily journal on my laptop. I still jot down talking points with a red pen in my capture notebook and I still rip off the bottom corner of pages after typing my journal to show those days are finished. I was beginning to feel that I was going through the motions with my audio journal and simply gabbing through bullet points and not adding much more. Also, I wasn’t experiencing any feeling in my body or mind. It was as if I was reporting the news. I want to feel cozy, irritated, pissed, or inspired! I wanted to feel! Also, I can reveal more in my laptop writing - it feels more protected.

I set up a password-protected Microsoft Word document and plan to type a month at a time from the 1st to the last day of the month in numeric order from top to bottom. Then I’ll start the next month above last month. I used to type today’s entry at the top of the document – so the days went in backwards chronological order – which is a pain, so I’m not doing that anymore.

When you write a journal by hand, the feeling is there but it’s a security risk. Everyone should have a safe place for their innermost thoughts. Even if you follow through and keep a journal for decades - which is amazing - now you have 40 notebooks hanging around for anyone to browse.

Also, I’ve begun recording the time spent composing the day’s typed journal entry to see how much time it takes. For example, today I typed the entire entry (personal plus blog) from 7:07-7:45pm.

I’m contemplating whether to change the title of my workbook and course from leadership course to 10 ways to unleash your creativity. I definitely feel creativity is my bigger strength but I can see folks using the course as a leadership journey, too.

Do you journal to feel something or just to record thoughts and events?

Scott Snow

November 13, 2024

Ep 125 - Secrets! Ooh La La

Scott Snow

November 13, 2024

Today's outline:

(2:30) The Living Sea Wall

(5:07) Brainstorming Example: Eminem Board Game Design

(7:42) Iron Maiden Creativity

(10:43) Turn the Lights on and Watch Them Scatter

(12:09) Facade of Celebrities

(16.33) Inspiration at the Movies

(19.13) Iron Mike and His Alter-Ego

(20.00) Drawing Your Roles

(22.22) Secrets! Keeping Your Private Thoughts Private

Podcast Link

Visit ⁠www.allthehatswewear.com⁠ for more info!

Scott Snow

November 7, 2024

Ep 124 - Election Day, Character, and Values

Scott Snow

November 7, 2024

As the presidential election result revealed, we know very little about the character, values, and beliefs of the people in our lives! We interact with hundreds of people every week: co-workers, family, friends, neighbors and more. If you want to take a deep dive into your purpose, take my leadership self-study that's available on my web site ⁠www.allthehatswewear.com⁠.

Outline:

(2:15) Election Day and Character

(4:25) The Substance: Creative Ideas from the Film

(10:14) Cancel Culture Trend

(11:08) Around the World Technique

(13:57) Transcendental Meditation & Distractions

(15:39) Creative Incubators

(16:44) Gandhi on Life Purpose

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allthehatswewear/episodes/Ep-124---Election-Day--Character--and-Values-e2qlhgu

Scott Snow

November 3, 2024

You Can’t Lead with a Black Heart - Podcast Ep 123

Scott Snow

November 3, 2024

In today's episode, you'll hear:

0:45 When to look outside yourself to improve performance

3:00 Voice recording app

3:45 Routine and Countdowns

5:00 Talk Scary to Me Podcast

7:07 Leadership and Thin Slicing

10:30 Lessons from the book "Quench Your Own Thirst: Business Lessons Learned Over a Beer or Two" by Jim Koch, Founder of Sam Adams Brewery

Visit ⁠www.allthehatswewear.com⁠ for more information.

Scott Snow

May 23, 2024

Ep 121 - What the Tom Brady Roast Taught Us About Mission Statements

Scott Snow

May 23, 2024

1:07 Tom Brady roast related to mission statements

7:30 WNBA and Metallica mission statements

10:38 Firebird Suite and the perception of time

13:09 Envious of Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedwick, and their goats

14:16 Dryer music and Frog music

15:40 Audio journal steps

Scott Snow

January 1, 2024

Goalsetting is Like Hugging a Butt

Scott Snow

January 1, 2024

Ok, let me explain. Lol.

I show a video highlight of the 1994 Olympics in Atlanta as an example of determination and emotion. One scene stood out and that was when a track runner won the gold and she jumped into the arms of someone in celebration. I don’t know the relationship between the two, but I noticed he hugged her whole body as they twisted and turned. He held her in mid-air. His arm supported her legs, hip, butt, and part of her back. I thought this was beautiful. It wasn’t a traditional hug where the couple is conscious of where their hands were. They hugged all of one another.

Working on your goals should be similar – make it so you’re making progress on your goals all the time. There’s no set time to work on goals. Embrace your goals, mission, actions, brainstorming all at once. It’s all connected. If your goal is a butt, your vision statement is your hips, and your legs are the purpose.

I’m a huge believer in micro-progress with goals. Create action goals requiring 15 minutes or less. And have plenty 3-5 minute goals. Keep chipping away at that goal. Keep the pressure on always.

I use the term “Make it liquid” to describe using the cracks of the day. Brainstorm your goals then see how you can cleverly tuck them in throughout the day. You only have so much time in the day. You say you want to read for an hour a day – how can you fit it in? Maybe you listen to audio books in the car during your commute. Listen to yourself reading your mini-mission statements, goals, and vision statement every day. Listen to a recording of your mini-mission statements while washing dishes.

If you’re hyping about New Year’s Eve resolutions, you’re missing the point. You should already have your habits and routines that keep the pressure on your goals. There’s nothing special about New Year’s Day. I don’t understand why people go gaga over it. I hate the crowds and all the hulabaloo.

I use three types of goals: Action, Deadline, and Bucket List.

Examples:

Action Goal – Listen to the audio recording of my vision statement for 3 minutes daily

Deadline: By June 1, I’m scuba certified.

Bucket list: Ride in a presidential motorcade

Scott Snow

January 1, 2024

Rocketman: Self-Development Lessons from the Film

Scott Snow

January 1, 2024

Every time I watch Rocketman, the Elton John film, I appreciate it more. My favorite line of the movie is when Elton gets advice from another musician: “you have to kill your old self to create the new you.” It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes: It’s Never too late to be what you might have been” by George Eliot.

The first step in the All the Hats We Wear system is identifying all the hats you wear, of course! What some people don’t realize at first is that you can adopt roles you aren’t actually doing yet. Think of them as placeholder roles. For example, one of my roles is Philanthropist. However, I’m not rubbing elbows with billionaires at fancy galas but I can give of my time and effort. I can go after it each day to build my business and make my mark. One day I’ll be able to give like a true philanthropist. Other possible future roles or placeholder roles: visionary, business owner, entrepreneur, supervisor, CEO, professional speaker, or millionaire.

Another moment in the movie that inspired me was when Elton asked a friend how he could become a songwriter. The guy cleverly responded, “Write some songs.” Lol… sometimes it’s that simple! Just start doing it. The acting was excellent and I loved the way Elton was the focus of the AA meetings. The other members of the group were more like props. They didn’t act like normal people – they were much more subdued. It’s like in a play when everyone is talking in the background among themselves but inaudibly. The director turns the down the volume on the background players and brings the focus up for the leads. In many ways, we do the same thing in life. We transition between all of the hats we wear. Different roles require different attributes. Sometimes, it takes a conscious effort to ready myself from one role into another – especially going from work to home life. Music, deep breathing, and a minute of centering help to switch gears.

Scott Snow

December 30, 2023

More Journal than Blog

Scott Snow

December 30, 2023

I’ve been thinking about my approach to creating content for my social media platforms. The cornerstone of my output should be my blog - which I’m thinking of as my business journal. I want it to be more journal than blog because I’m sick of doing cookie-cutter posts like the “3 Tips for Organizing Your Life” dreck. My new requirement is that I have that warm, centered feeling while writing it. In order to do that, I need chill music playing (preferably Pink Floyd) and I need a bold attitude of self-confidence without negative thoughts.

Perhaps I’ve been following too much advice from social media gurus. I wonder if I should write more for myself than my audience – even though it sounds backwards. Maybe if I dig deep and share for myself, it’ll be exponentially more beneficial for readers.

I’m considering my experience of following my own All the Hats We Wear philosophy as a social experiment. Therefore, all the posts will reveal my unique experience – like a mad scientist who takes his own concoction and observes the after-effects. I’lll chronicle a life lived through the ATHWW system. Maybe I’ll compile my entries to create a memoir in the future.

A few months ago, I completed the transcendental meditation training and I’ve been meditating regularly ever since. A key concept of TM is that it must be easy and effortless. I’m taking that same no-way-to-do-it-wrong approach to my blogging. If I sense self-doubt creeping up, I focus my attention on how it feels to start meditating. Boom! You just do it the easiest way possible and you’re good! It’s empowering to have an approach in which you can only do it correctly if it’s effortless!