MOC: [[PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT]] Recommandé par : / Date : {{date}} Auteur: [[Barbara Sher]] Tags: #livre Note : *** # Refuse to Choose! ## 📚 Book Summary This is a summary of *[Refuse to Choose!](https://www.amazon.com/Refuse-Choose-Interests-Passions-Hobbies/dp/1594866260/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ref_=nav_signin&linkCode=sl1&tag=lrc1981-20&linkId=4c8647c04dc3a6178a5a62acfbdaf6ee)* by Barbara Sher. The book is primarily written for scanners and polymath, that’s to say people with huge curiosity about many diferent topics. The author provides us with a whole arsenal to get the best out of life if we happen to fall in this category. It’s a very practical guide to make one a happy scanner. If you struggle to fulfill your immense curiosity and to find yourself professionally, this book might be for you! Here are 3 lessons from it: **1/ Scanner Daybook** A scanner is someone with intense curiosity about many unrelated subjects. They constantly feel the need to explore their areas of curiosity. Their knowledge and problem solving skills are their most valuable assets. A Scanner Daybook is a massive blank book designed to capture all of a scanner interesting ideas and their derivatives. Each page includes the date and time along with a title and very wide margins on both sides. To populate your daybook, let your mind wander. Write, draw and dream on your blank canva. If you have a derivative idea, draw an arrow to the next page and feel free to explore. You can also stick on the page anything relevant. Once you’re done with an entry, close the loop by capturing your very last thought. **2/ LTTL Framework** Career management for polymaths can be tough. The LTTL framework can be very useful if you’re struggling to be happy at work. Before starting a new job, make a detailed plan in 4 phases. - Learn: What you’re expecting to learn in this new job. - Try: What you’re hoping to bring and to build along the way. - Teach: What you’re willing to share to others. - Leave: When and how you’re planning to leave. Each phase should be well detailed and designed to learn, to satisfy your innate curiosity and most importantly, to have a specific timeframe assigned to it. **3/ Life’s Work Bookshelf** If you’re a scanner, you’re likely to start many projects all at once through your lifetime. Some will be completed and many will not. The best way to close the loop is store all your projects into a dedicated bookshelf. Free up a bookshelf and give it a name. Once you’re done with a project, nicely package the final product and expose it on this bookshelf. These small packages are your life’s work and you can re-use any of them anytime you’d like. ## ✅ Actionable Advice **1/ Get started with your Scanner Daybook:** - Purchase a massive blank book and log your first entry - Date & Time - Title - Your idea and its derivative - Final thoughts **2/ Apply the LTTL framework:** - Before starting your next job, write down one page describing: - What you’ll learn and how long. - What you’ll try to build and how long. - What you’ll try to teach and how long. - When you’ll leave and how. - If you have multiple opportunities at hand, write one page for each for comparison. **3/ Build your Life’s Work Bookshelf:** - Free up a bookshelf in your home. - Give it a name or title. - Select five projects you’ve worked on recently, wether you finished them or not. - Package the end results nicely and expose them on your book shelf.