Anne-Laure Le Cunff's Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World is a transformative guide that challenges the traditional, linear approach to success.
The book serves as a practical guide for embracing uncertainty through small, intentional experiments in daily life.
At the heart of the book is the concept of "tiny experiments" —small, low-risk actions designed to test ideas, habits, or decisions in real life.
Most people ask ‘How can I succeed?’, Tiny Experimenters ask ‘What can I discover?
Instead of committing to large, potentially overwhelming changes, Le Cunff suggests starting with manageable steps that allow for exploration and learning without the fear of failure.
When a scientist conducts an experiment and they don’t get the results they expected, they don’t go, ‘Oh, shame! I’m such a failure!’ They go, ‘Huh…interesting! What is going on here?
One of the many takeaways to facilitate these tiny experiments is the PACT framework: Purposeful, Actionable, Continuous, and Trackable.
This structure helps individuals design experiments that are aligned with their intentions, feasible to execute, ongoing in nature, and measurable in outcomes.
I've been trying this out over the last few months and I have to say it has been working for me. I've been able to experiment with different ways of doing things and I've been able to learn a lot about myself and my habits.
I really enjoyed this fresh way of looking at improving your skills and situation.
As a consequence, I've signed up for Ness Labs, an online community (created by Anne-Laure Le Cunff) focusing on resources available for knowledge workers aiming to improve their productivity and wellbeing.