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Why read this post?
Life is confusing and full of distractions.
Even worse, sometimes it seems like the end of humanity as we know it is closer than we ever imagined.
It is overwhelming and makes many feel like opting out rather than going all in.
Luckily, I am an “all-in” kind of person and I believe WE can change our trajectory by collaborating.
I believe we can unite our species by looking inwards at ourselves.
In Read My Mind, I expose my thoughts for others to challenge me and themselves.
Below, I explain the structure of Read My Mind as an orientation or onboarding.
Then you can find your first article in the Contents of My Mind (aka Table of Contents).
I am simply a normal person who believes in the power of people and is honest about how difficult life often is.
None of us know everything, but if we dive deeper, perhaps we will see beyond the facts.
So give yourself a few minutes to dream big and read my mind because WE CAN change the future TOGETHER!
And now to the conversation...
What is Read My Mind?
Read My Mind is a self-improvement blog designed to help humans become better humans.
Each post explores a topic with confusing, overwhelming layers in search of wisdom.
For example, Why We All Suck? Understanding and Escaping The Trap We're In
Or Why We're All Idiots? Overcoming the Ignorance of Our Facts.
These topics are meant to help you think better for yourself.
Those are odd topics, what are you going to be posting about?
Posts will fall into one of five groups:
- ME || About Me = Understand Who I Am
- FEEL || Inspirational = Inspire you to act
- DO || Informational = Help you act effectively
- LEARN || Educational = Teach you about actions
- CONNECT || Entertaining = Help you act with others
I created the groups based on four concepts:
- 4-Burner Theory – All time is spent on Health, Family, Friends, or Work.
- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs – Self-actualization requires 5 layers of needs
- Neurabites: 4 Elements & 10 Areas of Life – Life has 10 areas in 4 groups that shift over time
- Link-worthy content – Why do people appreciate a piece of content
It ends up looking something like the below
| What (W) | Why (Y) |
| TAG || Link-worthy Content Description |
4 Burners Theory || Maslow's Hierarchy Neurabites: 4 elements / 10 Areas |
| FEEL || Inspirational Inspire you to act |
Family || Love People & Relationship: Partner, Family, and Friends |
| DO || Informational Help you act effectively |
Work || Safety Value Creation: Career and Contribution |
| LEARN || Educational Teach you about actions |
Health || Physiological Sustainability: Physical, Mental, and Financial Health |
| CONNECT || Entertaining Help you act with others |
Friends || Esteem Experience: Intellectual and Adventure |
Woah, you thought about this...
Yeah, each post also should cover what, why, and how enough to satisfy us all.
To me, each question is crucial because they are layers of thinking...
| What (W) | Why (Y) | How (H) |
| Facts | Truth | Wisdom |
| Hearing | Listening | Understanding |
| Eye-level | Sky-level | Ground-level |
| Medium-term | Long-term | Short-term |
| Detail | Summary | Nuance |
| Sentence | Words | Paragraph |
| Think about Practicality | Think about ROI | Think about Nuance |
| Enough Detail to Understand | Focused Explanation | Enough Detail to Act Effectively |
Why should I care about what you're thinking?
I have used my natural versatility, curiosity, and competitiveness to succeed in different environments.
You can learn more in Welcome to My Mind! Understand My Why, What, and How
Over time, I will share the experiences, skills, and tools that have helped me do this.
To me, I don't need to be an expert in your life to help you, help yourself.
I simply need to give you the knowledge, tools, and resources.
It is easier said than done, but I am committed for life based on my Why am I...?
To build trust, I include Credits and Sources and an Update Log in each post.
For deeper transparency, I even provided a list of some of my influences.
Feedback from the Community will be crucial so if you have questions, please submit some!
I don't like reading blogs...
Luckily, you aren't the only one.
Audio and Video versions are being recorded for accessibility and options.
More importantly, you aren't just reading, listening, or watching.
You are acting!
What do you mean?
Each post has an Apply It area to help use what you have learned.
Many have worksheets to write your own thoughts so you don't start from scratch.
Some activities can take a while, but it is all self-paced so you go as fast as you'd like.
How long and how often are these posts?
Each post should be 5-10 minutes of reading.
Video and audio may record up to 20 minutes, but you can increase playback speed.
For now, I am committing to one post per month with the goal to increase over time.
Alright, I suppose I will check out more. Now what?
Step 1, Subscribe below
Step 2, try How Am I Doing? || Sheet Template & Taylor’s Example || Doc Template & Taylor’s Example
Step 3, check out the Contents of My Mind for more articles
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Summary of the Conversation
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What is Read My Mind? Read My Mind is a self-improvement blog designed to help humans become better humans.
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What are you going to be posting about? Posts will fall into one of five groups based on four concepts that seek to cover the what, why, and how layers of thinking.
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Why should I care about what you're thinking? I have used my natural versatility, curiosity and competitiveness to succeed in different environments. You can learn more in Welcome to My Mind! Understand My Why, What, and How.
- I don't like reading blogs... The blog has written, audio, and video versions. Each post also has an Apply It area to use what you have learned.
- How long and how often are these posts? One post per month with less than 10 minutes of reading or 20 minutes of listening/watching.
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Apply it!
- Take an Inventory → Are your 4 Burners, Hierarchy of Needs, and Areas of Life where you want them? Try a Worksheet! How Am I Doing? || Sheet Template & Taylor’s Example || Doc Template & Taylor’s Example
- Explore Your Thoughts → Write your own why, what, and how for a topic of interest to you!
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Credits and Sources
Thank you to Everyone who has helped!
3rd Party Links in Order of Appearance
- The Four-Burner Theory: Time to face the truth! - September 21, 2021 - Leila S. - linkedin.com
- Maslow's hierarchy of needs - wikipedia.com
- 10 Areas of Life: From Introspection to Resolutions (Part 1: Physical, Mental, and Financial Health) - Dec 13, 2020 - Daesol Lee - neurabites.com
- Want Links? Here’s How to Create Link-Worthy Content - May 27, 2019 - Anna Crowe - searchenginejournal.com
Writing Influences & Inspirations
- Conversations with countless friends, family, and acquaintances.
- University of Life by Chris Webby (Music)
Explore My Influences for Context for more influences
Multimedia Credits
- Written - Written by me, Taylor Polchinski
- Audio-only - Has not been recorded… yet!
- Video - Has not been recorded… yet!
- Worksheets - Created end-to-end by me, Taylor Polchinski
- How Am I Doing? || Sheet Template & Taylor’s Example || Doc Template & Taylor’s Example. Corey Betancourt (LinkedIn) helped add a summary to the sheet.
- Charts / Infographics - Created end-to-end by me, Taylor Polchinski
- Tweets - There are none embedded.
- Memes - ALL of the Memes embedded were created using free credits from Supermeme.ai.
Other Read My Mind posts linked in this post
- 1 | Welcome to My Mind! Understand My Why, What, and How
- 4 | Why We All Suck? Understanding and Escaping The Trap We're In
- 5 | Why Am I...? Help Yourself Make Better Decisions By Identifying Your Core Reasons
- 8 | Why We're All Idiots? Overcoming the Ignorance of Our Facts
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What's Next...
- Subscribe for FREE updates! → Pro-tip: Automatically sort the emails into a folder for reading later with Rules in Gmail, Outlook, or iCloud Mail. I use them to keep my inboxes as close to zero (0) as possible all the time!
- Another Article → Contents of My Mind (aka Table of Contents) has all of the articles and worksheets!
- Help Us Grow? → 1) Share the post with people who would appreciate it; 2) Submit the Community Interest Form
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If you have any thoughts, questions, or other feedback, I would love to hear it! Please submit it via the Feedback form and I will see how I can incorporate it!
To see how feedback has impacted the blog, check out Feedback from the Community.
To see how feedback has impacted this specific post, check out the Update Log.
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Update Log
- Overhauled blog structure including adding sections - November 2, 2023 (Feedback from Lorraine Polchinski, Corey Betancourt, and Chris Aman led to restructuring and additions)
- Moved Table of Contents to Contents of My Mind (aka Table of Contents)
- Updated Several Links - July 9, 2023
- Added Why Build Your Own OS? to the Table of Contents - July 7, 2023
- Updated Title and added table of contents, worksheets, update log, and more - June 29, 2023
- Originally published - May 12, 2023
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