This is a replay of a webinar I did with We Wild Women. It’s the first time I shared publicly the gas leak explosion and shared my Ch’weghtsen Point System which is a methodology for building habits. 🔨 This point system is me at my weirdest, 🤓 BUT turns out it resonated with many listeners!
What is the Ch’eghwetsen Method? (pronounced “Chew-Witzen”) This is a habit building system for the overly self-critical female entrepreneur. It doesn’t have much to do with the business of Learn Grant Writing, but *everything* to do with the success I’ve had with growing the business. ✨
Curious how you could get into grant writing and build a career in it? Here is a free training on how to do that without volunteering or having prior experience: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/webinar-videos/discover-grant-writing
Build your own:
1️⃣ Make a checklist of habits
2️⃣ Laminate
3️⃣ Dedicate 5 minutes a day for a half-page journal entry
4️⃣ Move points to a spreadsheet
5️⃣ Track the trend line
Ch’eghwetsen is a Koyukon Athabascan word for true love. Taking care of yourself, taking care of your health, and being gentle is true love. 🧡 By tracking the overall trend line of your habits, you can begin improving not only habits, but also behavior. 💪
Our brains 🧠 can only handle so many moving parts, so the more we can streamline the repetitive pieces, we save our brain capacity for deeper work. Remember: progress is better than perfection.
This system translates really well to business through Standard Operating Procedures and other checklists. At LGW, we have a Weekly Sync and a SOP Playbook. Our Weekly Team Meeting Agenda is built out in Asana, a project management tool. 📋 This agenda has been transformative for reducing mistakes and feeling grounded/connected as a team.
We all have wake up call moments. 🌅 Mine was a gas leak house explosion which made it clear that the way we’re working isn’t working. This accelerated a drive for a slower way of operating while still delivering an amazing experience to members in the Collective. The first experiment was to start with Deep Work Wednesday. 🖥️
Overall, the Ch’eghwetsen Method is a habit tracking system. Changing habits isn’t all that difficult, but if you can’t change habits, you can’t change behaviors. By tracking the overall trend line of your habits, you can begin improving not only habits, but also behavior. 💪
What are your wake up call moments? Is the Ch’weghsetsen Method something you would try?
Resources and links:
🔸 “How to Write a Grant: Become a Grant Writing Unicorn” by Meredith Noble https://www.learngrantwriting.org/learn-grant-writing-book
🔸 We Wild Women
🔸 Ch’eghwetsen Point System Checklist Template
🔸 “The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right” by Atul Gawande
🔸 “Deep Work” by Cal Newport
🔸 “Stop. Breathe. We Can’t Keep Working Like This.” :// The Ezra Klein Show
🔸 Living Through a Gas Leak Explosion Walk Through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYz2CCcdJZ4&t=3s
🔸 Global Grant Writers Collective
More questions about the Collective? Celeste is our Unicorn Career Scale Specialist. AKA she helps you decide if a career in grant writing is right for you! If you’d like to schedule a 1:1 with her, send us an email at info@senworks.org .
Feel free to DM us on Instagram as well. https://www.instagram.com/learngrantwriting/
🧡 The Team at Learn Grant Writing
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:50 Introducing Meredith
03:27 The Ch’eghwestsen Method Explained
10:05 Why This Method Works
12:10 Why the Name?
13:30 Build Your Own System
17:33 Morning Routine
19:30 Standard Operating Procedures and Checklists in Business
31:00 Gas Leak House Explosion + Takeaways
39:00 How To Be A Freelance Grant Writer
41:10 Open Q&A
54:00 Conclusion
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