What motivates you to move out of your comfort zone?
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Johnny Harris (from Vox fame) talks about this concept called 'Excited Accountability'. How does it work? Apply for things before you're ready. You'll get a Super Mario boost when the request is accepted.
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When @totalBarca wanted to hire a Twitter Community specialist back in 2012. I didn’t have any social media or writing experience. But I applied without hesitation.
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For the application, I learnt how to live-tweet a football match. I managed to do well on the assignment and in 2 years, I became the Head of Social Media, took the account to 50K followers and had a lot of memorable moments in 2 years.
The second example was when ATB and @abhimanyu were looking to get a football writer for their magazine. @adityapandya shared the request with the team. I hadn't written many articles for totalBarca at the time. But I applied and then I sharpened my writing skills by writing more articles on the website. Had a great time writing articles for ATB. Really enjoyed working with great people.
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Cut to today, a similar situation occurred with Product Craft. They were looking for contributing writers for their website. I came to know about this opportunity through Twitter. I had written a few Medium articles till then, which I showed as proof-of-work. I applied and they selected me and I wrote this article on Psychology of Onboarding.
The external push has to be credible enough. It can't be too passive. For e.g. you cant have a follower get added, and then think that will motivate you substantially. It has to be a real connect with a person who bring about that accountability.
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Link to Excited Accountability video.
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