Curiosity over Clarity

How do you set goals when everything keeps changing?

I keep coming back to Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff, PhD.

Because it gives you a way to act when you don't have clarity.

“Clarity comes from action, not before.” (I need to tattoo this somewhere 😜)

The structure is stupidly simple: I will [action] for [duration].

And only after the duration is over, you decide: persist, pivot, or pause. (Not midway, when the discomfort shows up.)

In the past few months, this is the shift I have tried to make while building Field.

Less planning. More experiments.

A few tiny experiments I’ve run and where I’ve landed with them:

1. I will [write one LinkedIn post a week on the future of L&D] for [6 weeks].
   The thread compounded into conversations with L&Ds, then into an event - L&D Overboard with my friend Bo Dury.

2. I will [write one post a week on Career Curiosity] for [5 weeks].
   This helped me put together the Career Curiosity Toolkit.
   

3. I will [spend one day a week on thinking about the company strategy] for [4 weeks].

   This helped me think through and build clarity on what I want to do and why.

The point isn't that every experiment "works". It's that you don't abandon it halfway.

You finish the timebox. You look at reality. Then you choose.

A non-linear world requires non-linear thinking.

I stopped chasing clarity and started chasing curiosity instead.