OtiumFM
OtiumFM is an upcoming show deep-diving into the world of Tools for Thought, or TFTs! Featuring insights on note-taking, making connections between thoughts, and serendipity, host Norman Chella brings you conversations with individuals in this space so you can better your note-taking experience. Expect guests from various TFT apps, independent researchers, and varying professions who bring with them note-taking insights, from analog to digital and even hypergraphic!
Coming out soon.
In the first two seasons, this show was called RoamFM, the podcast all about Roam Research, for members of the Roaman community. In these two seasons, join us as we dive into the minds of amazing Roam users, taking a peek into how they use Roam to create wonderful connections.
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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 Brain
- His workflow when building his second brain
- The Alexander Technique, and using Roam to expand his understanding of it, and applying it to coaching
- How 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 Brain
- 04:29 Michael's workflow and version of smart notes
- 07:09 Deconstructing how to take book notes
- 8:58 Determine if ideas have their own pages
- 11:14 Letting go of note-taking structure in advance Re: Evernote
- 12:41 If Einstein had a Roam...
- 14:13 Subconsciously building a digital garden
- 16:29 Multi-graph connections, and unique blocks across Roam
- 18:09 Synchronising public and Private Roams
- 19:58 "The onboarding is the #roamcult"
- 20:44 The Aha! Moment and the many possibilities
- 21:53 Exploring emotions in Roam and self-introspection
- 23:53 Co-Active coaching and the Saboteur
- 25:20 How Michael Ashcroft uses Roam to do self-coaching
- 27:33 Projects, Areas, Roam, Archives
- 30:24 Alexander Technique: Undoing habits
- 34:05 Roam to enhance understanding of Alexander Technique
- 35:33 Using the right words that resonate better
- 37:23 Alexander Technique teachers tend to impose jargon on people
- 38:46 Michael Ashcroft's future plans for Alexander Technique
- 40:11 A course as a universal resource
- 41:59 The world is hooked on doing or caring
- 44:02 How can we help?
- 46:00 Caring is interference
- 47:43 Non-doing, and to frame something as a battle is interference
- 49:42 How would you describe Roam to someone who hasn't started using it yet?
- 51:06 What does Roam mean to you? Roam Culture
- 52:28 The secret handshake is #roamcult
- 54:19 PKM meetups are a filter for interesting people
Links
- Michael Ashcroft's Website
- Michael's Twitter
- Thinking Out Loud Newsletter
- How to be Superman (Alexander Technique)
- Building A Second Brain
- Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain