Staying Engaged

One of the most challenging aspects of my work is staying engaged while leading a book circle with a book that I have already read and lead numerous times.

Case in point...Think Again by Adam Grant.

Last year, I hosted 6 different book circles with the book with four different companies (some companies had more than one book circle.)

Recently, I have started another one, and have 2 more starting in May.

I thrive on new-ness and change, so the idea of leading another 3 books circles on the same book could have made me gag.

Instead, I thought, "How can I stay engaged, so that the reader's will stay engaged?"

I already have...

• read the book at least 3 times
• underlined in at least 3 different colors
• added post-its to the most meaningful parts
• created 100s of reflection questions for readers
• come up with 2-3 activities for each chapter to really dive deep into the content
• compiled the above 2 into a 70+ page companion guide

So, what else is there to do?

Below is my answer...

I don't consider myself artistic, and whenever I see people's visual summaries and recordings of events, I am in awe.

I could stay in awe, and remain stuck in my belief that "I can't do that," or I could learn to do just that.

That's what I am doing.

According to Grant that's 'confident humility' - the belief that you can do it, even if you don't yet have the tools to do it.

Do you ever get stuck in, "I can't do that?"

Originally posted on LinkedIn with comments.

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