00:00:00: Introduction
00:00:36: All about confidence
00:03:13: A brand new instrument for gremlins
00:04:58: A GremlinGPT instance
00:08:56: A instrument for groups
00:10:44: Ultimate ideas
Sarah Ellis: Hello, I am Sarah.
Helen Tupper: And I am Helen.
Sarah Ellis: And that is day three of the Squiggly Careers Expertise Dash. And immediately, we’re speaking about confidence. Fast reminder, if you do not have the each day abilities abstract, hyperlink within the present notes or simply electronic mail us helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com. I am certain a great deal of you’ve got it sorted by now, however you may simply be beginning on confidence, you can begin on day three, that is completely fantastic. However you will want these summaries for issues like chopping and pasting the prompts, a great deal of the hyperlinks to study from, and all of the examples, the sort of visible examples we’ll put in there. So, hopefully it should simply make the dash much more helpful.
So, confidence. If you’re a daily Squiggly Careers listener, you will know we have talked about confidence earlier than, as a result of we did write a ebook referred to as Gremlins. So, the way in which that we take into consideration confidence is perception in your self and different folks believing in you too. And gremlins are these beliefs, doubts and fears that maintain you again, the issues that get in your manner. And I feel the issue with these gremlins is that they are usually hidden, we do not need to discuss them, they usually can sort of develop. They develop as a result of they type of cover in our brains and wish to take over. And at their worst, I feel gremlins begin to affect our actions, our behaviours, and might even go so far as turning into our identification. And so, if that occurs, it type of stops you in your Squiggly Profession. I feel it limits your studying, limits your potential. It is type of how all of us get in our personal manner a few of the time.
However if you study to cage these gremlins, I do not suppose they ever essentially go away, I do suppose they’re only a function of being human and that is okay; however should you cage them, you get higher at discovering your manner via the inevitable knotty moments that all of us have in our Squiggly Careers, issues which can be outdoors of our management, that go fallacious: restructures, a difficult boss, your job modifications, you get ridiculously busy. These sort of powerful occasions, I feel our gremlins relish. They’re like, “That is my second”, and we’re like, “No, you have to keep caged”.
But additionally, I feel should you can cage these gremlins, you’ll be able to say sure to these issues that may really feel scary, however they will stretch you. And so they’re how we discover and uncover potential that maybe we did not know we had. I actually bear in mind a time in my profession the place, as a result of I’ve obtained a gremlin round numbers, I checked out any job spec that had the phrases, “Business acumen” in, and right away I used to be like, “No, I can not”, although I needed to try this job, although possibly I may have performed the remainder of that job, I simply dominated myself out earlier than I might even interviewed or had a dialog, as a result of I used to be like, again to the identification level, I am simply not good at numbers. And so, I really feel like that is one the place if you may get these gremlins caged, it isn’t a straightforward factor to do, however when you begin practising it, and I feel it is a little more of a observe, you simply begin to type of, I do not know, I suppose you are feeling a bit freer, I feel, to do the issues that you just need to do.
Helen Tupper: And we have all the time tried to make this a neater dialog for folks to have collectively. So, we have written rather a lot about it. We wrote about it in, like each of our books have gotten a chapter on confidence, we wrote about it in Gremlins. We have all the time tried to create instruments to make it simpler. However immediately we have created a brand new instrument, which we predict makes it even simpler. And we’re actually excited so that you can play with it and experiment with it. So, we’ve got used the ChatGPT platform, however we have created a customized GremlinsGPT, as in it’s one thing that we’ve got educated with every thing that we’ve got written on confidence gremlins. So, if you go in and speak to this ChatGPT about you and your gremlins, it will coach you. It should coach you that will help you see what gremlins are getting in your manner, what may I do in another way, what actions may I take. And it takes a dialog which may really feel uncomfortable to have with a colleague into one you could have with the AI in personal, you’ll be able to sort of speak to it about it. And I feel it could actually then type of be the factor that then builds your perception a little bit bit so you’ll be able to go and speak to anyone else. I don’t suppose it replaces speaking to anyone about your gremlins, I feel that is a crucial a part of the method. But when, in the intervening time, that feels too scary to do, it is a actually good place to start out.
So, possibly I will simply speak a little bit bit about the way it works, after which Sarah can discuss when she used it, the way it labored for her. So, we set it up and it is obtained a couple of ready-to-go prompts. For those who’re pondering, “I do not even know the way I might begin”, it should ask you a couple of questions on what gremlins is perhaps getting in your manner or what worries are holding you again. So, you’ll be able to simply open it up and click on on any of the prompts to assist the dialog go, get began. Or, you can say, “A fear that I’ve at work is I do not really feel like I do know sufficient”, or, “A fear I’ve at work is that I really feel like I’d get came upon”. So, it relies upon the place you are ranging from. Click on one in all our prompts and it’ll go for you. Or begin with a fear that you have at work after which it should ask you questions and also you simply observe it via. So, how did it be just right for you?
Sarah Ellis: Nicely, firstly, you understand if you have been speaking there about you are having a dialog with the AI?
Helen Tupper: Yeah.
Sarah Ellis: I feel truly what you are doing is having a dialog with us, as a result of I mentioned to you, I used to be like, “I actually just like the tone”. And also you have been like, “In fact you do, as a result of it is our tone”.
Helen Tupper: It is primarily based on our work.
Sarah Ellis: And I used to be like, I am so egotistical, I am like, “I actually preferred the way in which that it phrased issues”, and also you have been like, “Nicely, sure, as a result of it is our setup”! So truly, what I feel you’re having a dialog with is us. And really, we might love your suggestions. So, when you may have a play with it, by you all attempting it out, you’ll make it smarter for us so we may be extra helpful. The factor that stood out for me was I cherished the concept as you undergo, you’ll be able to create your personal visible of the gremlins. And we frequently say by bringing them to life, it simply makes them masses much less scary. Really, I did it twice and the primary time it mentioned, “Would you want me to create a visible of your gremlin?” after which it requested me some actually good questions like, “So, what color do you see your gremlin as?” nearly, “What form?” And it simply gave me some — as a result of I feel possibly if it had simply mentioned, “Would you like a visible? What would you like it to appear like?” I might be like, “Nicely, I am not likely certain”. Nevertheless it gave me these fairly particular prompts.
Then, the second time I did it, it did not ask me for that. I do not know why, what the distinction was. So, I simply requested it to create a visible. And it is fairly enjoyable, simply seeing the issues which can be truly fairly huge, usually, self-doubts you may have about your self instantly changed into one thing visible.
Helen Tupper: Yeah. Nicely, it is sort of playful, this factor that is can really feel like a variety of stress. We’ll put, as a result of each of us obtained visuals, we’ll put them within the abstract so as to see what they appear like.
Sarah Ellis: After which, we have been speaking about what else may we do with it, and prompts that you can then provide you with for your self. So, as soon as you have performed the preliminary enjoying round, then I used to be like, “What occurs should you requested the AI to behave as your gremlin?” So, it really works effectively as a immediate, to ask an AI to behave or tackle a task. So, I used to be like, “Nicely, it could actually simply be your gremlin”. And that works rather well.
Helen Tupper: I like this. That is enjoyable.
Sarah Ellis: And I feel notably right here, you’ll be able to ask your gremlin to reply in possibly a scenario that you just discover arduous the place your gremlin usually grows. So, typically I feel our gremlin grows due to sure folks or in sure locations, or simply primarily based on our previous experiences. So, for me, I’ve obtained a gremlin of battle. And really, a few of the time that gremlin does not present up. So, if you and I disagree, it is fantastic. I am very used to that, and it isn’t like a common gremlin. For many of us, I feel there are particular conditions. So, I discover it arduous if I am not anticipating the disagreement, and really even when that was with you, even when it is with somebody I do know rather well. Say I assumed we have been each going to agree about one thing, after which truly you shock me. I am like, that all the time takes me a second. Or if somebody could be very direct, so simply has possibly a really completely different fashion to me. So, I simply mentioned like, “Act as my battle gremlin. What do I do after I’m shocked by somebody disagreeing with the thought of Squiggly Careers in a gathering?”
Helen Tupper: Good!
Sarah Ellis: I am like, “Nicely, that might occur”.
Helen Tupper: Could possibly be a factor.
Sarah Ellis: And that is legitimate, proper? However I feel my intuition there could be to be like, “Oh, I might develop into extra introverted and I cease speaking or possibly I panic, but in addition it is one thing I actually care about”. And that works rather well, as a result of I imply the gremlin will get fairly aggressive at you, however primarily it sounds just like the inside monologue that is in your thoughts. That is the chatter, proper? However you then begin to combat again. Nicely possibly not everybody makes use of the phrase combat, however I did. And you have type of discovered the identical. You type of go, “Nicely, no”.
Helen Tupper: “No, gremlin, no”.
Sarah Ellis: “I do not need that chatter, I do not need the unhelpful chatter, I truly need to change that with one thing extra helpful”.
Helen Tupper: I feel it is probably the most distinctive manner we’ve got discovered to assist folks each know what their gremlins are, after which familiarize yourself with them in a very protected manner. And should you’ve obtained the free model of ChatGPT, it’d restrict you sooner or later with what number of questions you ask, however you’ll be able to possibly go once more the following day. For those who’ve obtained a paid model, you’ll be able to sort of simply preserve going. However simply concentrate on that if you’re enjoying with it, however undoubtedly, undoubtedly give it a go. After which, after you have performed that by yourself, as a result of I feel it is a actually helpful factor to do by yourself, we want you, as we mentioned, to speak about this with different folks. So, we have a good suggestion for a way you can do that collectively as a workforce. And that is one thing that we have performed, like, all around the world we have performed this train, which is to create a confidence gremlin gallery. You are able to do this should you’ve obtained a digital workforce, you are able to do it in case your workforce’s collectively in individual, however you simply seize a little bit of paper, or a Publish-it Be aware is commonly what we use, we’re in all probability recognized for these big Publish-it Notes that we use. And also you simply draw your gremlin out, so what does it appear like to you. You set it on a wall, or in case you are digital, you simply maintain it as much as the digital camera, and you then simply discuss it.
As a result of it is a little bit bit playful, like, a lot of the drawings are a bit loopy, you are like, “What does that imply?” you begin to create connection, understanding and a little bit of empathy. And connection, understanding and empathy, oh my gosh, they’re the components we’d like in order that we will all sort out our gremlins collectively. If any of you do this, please ship us photos of your gremlin, helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com. We might like to see your drawings. For those who do it collectively as a workforce, ship us your gallery. It makes us actually comfortable to see these confidence gremlins getting a bit uncovered.
Sarah Ellis: And an apparent level, however you can even use the gremlins which have been generated from utilizing the instrument.
Helen Tupper: You might.
Sarah Ellis: So, should you do not need to do the large yellow Publish-it Be aware factor. As a result of truly, everyone on our workforce examined this. And so, everybody within the workforce, simply in our workforce’s chat, simply began to share their visuals. And really, that was actually enjoyable, it prompted a great deal of dialog. And I feel the end result from that is you simply really feel actually reassured that you just’re not alone, everyone has gremlins, we’re all working arduous to cage them. After which, you additionally simply begin to consider, effectively, how will you be supportive for one another?
Helen Tupper: I feel 10,000 folks on this dash, 10,000 folks caging their confidence gremlins. I imply, that is a win.
Sarah Ellis: Squiggly Careers have gotten to be higher due to it.
Helen Tupper: Sure, oh it is thrilling. So, that’s the finish of day three of our dash. So, thus far, we have performed strengths, we have performed values, we have performed confidence, and tomorrow we will be speaking about networks and constructing your profession neighborhood.
Sarah Ellis: So, see you then.
