TGC Newsletter: February 2024

Welcome to The Growth Coach newsletter! In this monthly email, I'll share a few things circulating in my mind over the previous weeks. These emails will be short and sweet, providing thought-provoking insights and lessons about creativity, youth, career, leadership development, and more. Thanks for following along in this weird journey of life.

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What I'm Reading

The Red Car Theory by Aniket Tapre

The Red Car Theory isn’t just about noticing red cars; it’s a metaphor for the broader concept of recognizing opportunities in life. Just like red cars, opportunities are abundant and diverse, but they often go unnoticed until we intentionally seek them.

Recognizing them can expand opportunity, whether you believe in manifesting, being aware of, or being open to possibilities. There is something about trusting the process, trusting the universe, trusting your brain to notice the red cars and then see value in that noticing. Maybe it’s a way to make coincidences more likely to repeat in the future. The Red Car Theory may not open your world to possibility, but what if it does? How will that belief impact your behavior?

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What I'm Listening To

In a Modern Love Podcast, Un Marry Me, a best-selling author tells his story about how his wife wanted to be “unmarried,” and no, that doesn’t mean divorce. The podcast is a lesson in removing pre-set status quo expectations. When we go through our lives, we fall into similar paths and patterns as others: college, job, marriage, kids, retirement. As we move through that process, the status quo deprioritizes friendship, community, play, or fun. We accept things we think we cannot change. But we can, and that’s what designing the life best for you means. You can redesign how you engage in and with romantic relationships, platonic relationships, run an ethical business as an anti-capitalist, or deconstruct self-care to create community care.

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What I'm Doing

Inspired by a relationship coach, Lily Womble, when small, good moments happen, I’ve started to say out loud, “More for that, please.” It has always made me smile and grateful for a small moment of joy.

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What's Moved Me

This tweet is from Susan Cain’s The Quiet Life newsletter. Susan Cain is the author of my favorite book. Although she’s an introvert and I’m a type A extrovert, her appreciation for the quiet, simple, kind moments of gratitude often move me to tears.

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What I'm Wiggling To

Speaking of hydrogen, just double it and add some oxygen, and you’ve got my new favorite song: Drink Water by Jon Batiste ft. Jon Bellion, Fireboy DML

Stay Playful,

Tamar