Michael Ashcroft: Alexander Technique, Coaching and Roam Culture

In this episode, we talk with Michael Ashcroft, a consultant, co-founder and Non-Executive Director of the Carbon Removal Centre, a UK-based non-profit organization whose purpose is to advance sustainable carbon removal.

He is also a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, an awareness-based educational process that helps people live with greater ease and freedom, and a Co-Active coach, working with clients in his spare time.

We talked about: 

How he stumbled into Roam Research from Building A Second BrainHis workflow when building his second brainThe Alexander Technique, and using Roam to expand his understanding of it, and applying it to coachingHow he uses Roam as a self-coaching tool#roamcult as a culture, not a cult: The filter for meeting interesting people

Enjoy!

Timestamps

02:08 Michael's origin story and meta-realization: Building A Second Brain04:29 Michael's workflow and version of smart notes07:09 Deconstructing how to take book notes8:58 Determine if ideas have their own pages11:14 Letting go of note-taking structure in advance Re: Evernote12:41 If Einstein had a Roam...14:13 Subconsciously building a digital garden16:29 Multi-graph connections, and unique blocks across Roam18:09 Synchronising public and Private Roams19:58 "The onboarding is the #roamcult"20:44 The Aha! Moment and the many possibilities21:53 Exploring emotions in Roam and self-introspection23:53 Co-Active coaching and the Saboteur25:20 How Michael Ashcroft uses Roam to do self-coaching27:33 Projects, Areas, Roam, Archives30:24 Alexander Technique: Undoing habits34:05 Roam to enhance understanding of Alexander Technique35:33 Using the right words that resonate better37:23 Alexander Technique teachers tend to impose jargon on people38:46 Michael Ashcroft's future plans for Alexander Technique40:11 A course as a universal resource41:59 The world is hooked on doing or caring44:02 How can we help?46:00 Caring is interference47:43 Non-doing, and to frame something as a battle is interference49:42 How would you describe Roam to someone who hasn't started using it yet?51:06 What does Roam mean to you? Roam Culture52:28 The secret handshake is #roamcult54:19 PKM meetups are a filter for interesting people

Links

Michael Ashcroft's WebsiteMichael's TwitterThinking Out Loud NewsletterHow to be Superman (Alexander Technique)Building A Second BrainDrawing on the Right Side of the Brain

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