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| 153. Cheri Magid on Feeding Sustainable Ambition in Her Creative Work | 05 Mar 2025 | 00:43:50 | |
How can we pursue our ambitions without sacrificing our lives or ourselves in the process? It’s easy to get overextended while following our passions, but we can use those moments to learn our limits and what we need to do in order to sustain ourselves for the long term. In this episode, I talk with Cheri Magid about her art and how creative practices can help us live and work in more fulfilling and satisfying ways. Cheri leads a full, ambitious, creative life and today, she shares how investing in her creativity helps her stay committed to her work, her interests, and her values without sacrificing herself. Learn more about Cheri Magid:
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| 152. Dr. Richard Safeer: Keys to Fostering Collective Well-Being in the Workplace | 19 Feb 2025 | 00:41:51 | |
So far this year, my guests and I have been discussing how we can do things differently through experimentation, creativity, and innovation to optimize our life and work for personal success, satisfaction, and sustainability. I’ve often focused on what we can do individually to ensure sustainability in our life and work, because we can’t rely solely on outside forces to do so. But as Dr. Richard Safeer points out, we have to both take personal responsibility and we need support from those around us, including our organizations, to truly shape a happier, healthier, and more resilient workforce. Today, Dr. Safeer explains why external support is critical for wellbeing and shares smart, simple tips to move forward as organizations and team leaders supporting a wellbeing culture. Learn more about Richard Safeer:
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| 143. Malissa Clark on Breaking Free from Workaholism | 16 Oct 2024 | 00:51:16 | |
If you are a workaholic or have workaholic tendencies, you are not alone. Many of us struggle with overwork and assessing the right amount of effort to put towards our ambitions and priorities, without going overboard. Today, Dr. Malissa Clark, author of Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business—and How to Fix It, joins me for a conversation about workaholism and overwork, what drives it, why more people are struggling with it, and what organizations and individuals can do about it. Learn more about Malissa Clark: Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast Send me ideas for what you’d like to hear on the podcast, or a question that might be read and answered here on the show! Email me at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com
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| 54. On Following Your Own Path & Success for the 99% with Dominic DeMarco | 20 Apr 2022 | 00:47:18 | |
In this episode, I’m thrilled to be joined by my good college friend, Dominic DeMarco (who you’ll hear also goes by Mimo in friend circles), who is a small business owner and an adventure traveler who successfully hiked the 2100 mile Appalachian Trail, hiked the 2600 mile Pacific Crest Trail, and bicycled the 4000 mile TransAmerica Bike Route. I wanted to have Dominic on for 2 reasons: 1) I want to learn from people who have engaged in activities that require endurance and resilience and understand if there is learning from those experiences to apply to how we might lead more sustainable lives+work; and 2) Dominic followed a non-traditional career path from early on and now runs a successful small business. In this conversation, we hear life lessons from Dominic’s long-distance treks, a redefinition of success for the 99% of us, the importance of embracing a growth mindset and “micro-tries” as adults, and what it takes to carve out space for yourself if you run a business. Mimo - thank you so much for being on and being willing to share your personal experiences with us. So many good gems in this conversation! Resources Mentioned Find Dominic and DeMarco IP: https://www.demarcoip.com/ Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 53. On A More Sustainable+Ambitious Year: Q1 Assess & Adapt with Kathy Oneto | 06 Apr 2022 | 00:48:05 | |
In this episode, Kathy Oneto, founder of Sustainable Ambition, builds on the series that kicked off the year on planning and living a more sustainable+ambitious year. This episode is about checking in on your Q1 progress. How have things gone? What worked? What didn’t work? What do you want to practice next? It’s time to Assess and Adapt to help you both stretch and sustain yourself in your life+work in the months ahead. This series coincided with the launch of the Sustainable Ambition 12-Month Workbook+Planner: Your Life+Work Resilience Rx. The workbook+planner offers inquiries, exercises, and planning tools to help you lead a fulfilling, sustainable, and ambitious life+work. Learn more at: sustainableambition.com/planner2022 If you’d like to do this work with others, consider creating a circle of friends or professional colleagues to plan and learn together over the year. Doing this work as part of a community can support you in setting intentions, holding yourself accountable, providing encouragement, and learning together along the way. Find guides for a Planning Circle or Workshop at Work at: sustainableambition.com/planner2022 Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 52. On Setting Your Own Pace with Kathy Oneto | 30 Mar 2022 | 00:25:28 | |
In this solo episode, host Kathy Oneto shares her personal experience with setting the pace in her life to not fall into the “I’m so busy” frantic narrative that often surrounds us. You’ll learn 5 tips that have helped Kathy create boundaries around how she experiences her time. This has been a topic that has held Kathy’s attention for months now, and she continues to play with her own practices to not let the external world command her personal, day-to-day experiences. How do you want to experience time? What pace do you want to set? Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 51. On Becoming Superhuman & Avoiding Reckless Ambition with Dr. Sahar Yousef | 23 Mar 2022 | 00:47:14 | |
Today I’m joined by Dr. Sahar Yousef, a cognitive neuroscientist and faculty member at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Sahar researches and teaches busy leaders and their teams how to be more productive and effective at work, runs the Becoming Superhuman Lab, and teaches one of the most popular MBA classes, called “Becoming Superhuman: The Science of Productivity and Performance.” In this conversation we discuss how our future self can help us make decisions today and for our future, cadencing career possibilities across our lives, how to avoid “reckless ambition!,” and tips to becoming superhuman to get work done in less time and with less stress so you can get back to your life. There are so many smart, practical tips in this conversation that you can implement today, right now! Thank you for being on, Sahar, and for the work you are doing to uncover new insights to help us care for and sharpen this powerful tool we all carry with us to support us in achieving Sustainable Ambition! Resources Mentioned Becoming Superhuman website and to sign-up for their newsletter: https://www.becomingsuperhuman.science/ Research Study on Impact of Lack of Sleep: https://www.nature.com/articles/40775.pdf Research Study on Impact of Cell Phones on Cognitive Performance: https://news.utexas.edu/2017/06/26/the-mere-presence-of-your-smartphone-reduces-brain-power/ Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 50. On Celebrating #50 and 10 Guest Wisdom Themes for Sustainable Ambition with Kathy Oneto | 16 Mar 2022 | 00:50:38 | |
I can’t believe I’m already at Episode 50 🎉. It’s really been such a joy to be in conversation with experts, authors, and friends over the last 15 months. I’m so grateful for all my guests who have been on and shared their knowledge, insights, and experiences. And I’m so grateful for all of you listening in! In honor of my guests and all of you, in this solo episode I’m sharing 10 themes and common wisdom insights we’ve heard from all these wonderful guests and what I’ve learned over the last year about living and working with Sustainable Ambition. Sustainable Ambition is aspirational. And that admittedly means it isn’t easy! These insights will help us all on our journey to find fulfilling work, while also living a fulfilling life, from decade to decade. The end goal—experience more joy and ease in your professional and personal lives and less angst and guilt, while still being ambitious. Here’s to the next 50 episodes and more learning ahead! Thank you for listening and being a part of my community! Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 49. On a Holistic, Ambitious Flex Philosophy with Annie Auerbach | 09 Mar 2022 | 00:45:24 | |
Today I’m joined by Annie Auerbach, an expert in cultural trends and co-founder of Starling, an agency which keeps brands relevant through understanding cultural change. She is also the author of “FLEX: reinventing work for a smarter, happier life,” which came out pre-pandemic, but is so relevant as we rethink our world and how we live today as we enter a new stage of the pandemic. Is it any wonder that Annie was on top of this trend? It wasn’t just because she tracks cultural trends; it’s also that she has been living, modeling, and championing a “flex” life for 20 years. In this conversation, Annie shares how living flexibly is ambitious and that now is the time to reimagine how we live our lives more flexibly to make it all more sustainable. She advocates to first look within to what you need now and then to think big and muster the courage to craft and ask for what you want. One of the things I love about Annie’s approach is that it is multi-faceted; flex is not one thing and not just about work. Rather, Annie shares how flex applies also to home, mind, body, and future and is really a holistic philosophy: “It should be about a more progressive way of living and a more progressive way of society working.” Listen in to learn more, and pick up Annie’s book. So good! Thanks so much for putting your beautiful book into the world, Annie, and for sharing your insights with us and championing flex for us all! Resources Mentioned Starling Agency: https://starlingstrategy.co.uk/ Learn more about the book: https://www.harperacademic.com/book/9780063059641/flex/ Follow Annie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/annieauerbach Follow Annie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annie.auerbach/ Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 48. On Yes! to Free Time & High Net Freedom with Jenny Blake | 23 Feb 2022 | 00:46:15 | |
Today I’m joined by one of my favorite people and someone who has been an inspiration for my career and business, Jenny Blake. Jenny is the author of three books; her latest “Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business” comes out on March 22, 2022. Jenny is also the author of “Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One,” an important life+work book that won the Axiom award for best business book in the careers category in 2016 and is for anyone who wants to be “high net growth” and successfully manage change throughout their career in today’s ever-changing environment. In this conversation, we talk about the new book and also how Jenny finds the courage and conviction to build her business her way and create Free Time for herself. After 10 years of running her own business and sharing her lessons with her private community, now called BFF, Jenny shares her lessons for eliminating business stress through systems and non-traditional ways of running one’s business, like following your intuition and a Jenny-ism I love, “Let it be easy, let it be fun.” If you are already a small business owner, someone looking to go out on your own, or a creative person looking to find more spaciousness to your best work, check out the book and Jenny’s podcast of the same name, Free Time with Jenny Blake. It was such a joy to have you on, Jenny! This podcast wouldn’t exist without your generosity in sharing your knowledge and wisdom. Thank you for continually showing us the way to more freedom to do our best work, while, as you say, “serving the highest good for all involved.” Resources Mentioned Learn more about Free Time and get the book! https://itsfreetime.com/ Pre-order bonus! https://itsfreetime.com/bogogo Join the BFF Community! https://itsfreetime.com/bff Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 47. On Working Your Career Plan with Mark Herschberg | 16 Feb 2022 | 00:46:14 | |
I was pleased to be joined by Mark Herschberg author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You, for a conversation on the importance of career planning and its ROI, assessing role and culture fit when job hunting, and the benefit of learning these essential skills throughout one’s career and with others in peer learning groups. Mark is a model of being a multi-hyphenate, someone with a serious day job, an established "side gig," and many additional talents. He's certainly not one note and has a lot to share on career management from his 20 years of teaching at MIT's "career success accelerator." In his book, via the accompanying app, and resources on his website, Mark offers a highly practical and insightful guide to the tools you need to manage a successful career over time. It's a toolkit you can pick up at any stage to support you in where you might be going next. Thank you so much, Mark, for sharing all your great insights and learning with us! Resources Mentioned Learn more about the book at: https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/ Get the app! Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id152011981 Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thecareertoolkitapp&hl=en_US Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 46. On Work from the Inside Out with Tammy Gooler Loeb | 09 Feb 2022 | 00:48:39 | |
In today’s episode, I’m joined by Tammy Gooler Loeb, career and executive coach and author of Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design a Career That Fulfills You. She is also the host of the podcast of the same name. We discuss Tammy’s new book that addresses the main obstacles that many people face in career transitions that keep them from reaching fulfillment. Tammy shows us how to break through these barriers. The book is really a wonderful mix of awareness building, storytelling through others’ experiences, and reflection and exercises to move you forward. In our conversation, we also talk about the importance of intuition, surrounding yourself with positive people when making career transitions, and to always be learning to foster a sustainable, regenerative career. This was a great conversation with an expert in career reinvention. Thank you for being on with me, Tammy! Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 45. On Planning a More Sustainable+Ambitious Year: Part 4 with Kathy Oneto | 24 Jan 2022 | 00:24:00 | |
Join Kathy Oneto, host and founder of Sustainable Ambition, for a 4-part series to help you plan a more sustainable+ambitious year ahead. We’ll explore what will be stretching for you and what will sustain you. This series coincides with the upcoming launch of the Sustainable Ambition 12-Month Workbook+Planner: Your Life+Work Resilience Rx. The workbook+planner offers inquiries, exercises, and planning tools to help you lead a fulfilling, sustainable, and ambitious life+work. Learn more at: sustainableambition.com/planner2022 First, Sustainable Ambition is aspirational. It asks us to hold two opposing ideas—sustain and stretch—at the same time. How can we sustain ourselves (sustainable), while stretching ourselves (ambition)? That implies it is a practice that calls for perspective, personalization, pacing, and patience. And that admittedly means it isn’t easy! That is where this series comes in. Over 4-weeks, Kathy will guide you through exercises to create a plan to help you manage a more sustainable life+work over the coming months. The goal is to create awareness and structures that foster the ability to dance in our dynamic world, learning how to both stretch and sustain ourselves. How? By knowing ourselves better, defining our own Life+Work Resilience Rx (prescription), creating a plan, practicing, and progressing over time. Here’s a review of the series and this is Part 4: Part #1: My Ambitions: My Next 12 Months - In this first episode, Kathy shares exercises to help you set a vision and your intentions for the coming year. What are your ambitions? Part #2: My Sustainable: My Life+Work Resilience Rx - In the second episode, we’ll explore what would make your life+work sustainable—what is your personal Life+Work Resilience Rx? Part #3: My 12-Month Planner + 6-Month Horizon - In the third episode, we’ll pull out our calendars and create a 12-month plan considering what you need on your calendar to allow you to stretch and sustain yourself. Part #4: Quarter 1 + Monthly Planning - We’ll close the series in episode four creating our aim for the first quarter of the year and setting you up to act and then assess and adapt as you reflect at the end of the first quarter to keep you operating at your best throughout the year. Kathy will come back each quarter to do a review with you and will come back at the end of the year for a 12-month review to see what we learned about building our own life+work resilience. While a sustainable and ambitious life+work is aspirational, the journey may not always be easy along the way. Yet, we believe we can do it and find our way. We can take back control and be in choice to build a more sustainable life+work. Here’s to a sustainable+ambitious 2022! P.S. If you’d like to do this work with others, consider creating a circle of friends or professional colleagues to plan and learn together. Doing this work as part of a community can support you in setting intentions, holding yourself accountable, providing encouragement, and learning together along the way. Find guides for a Planning Circle or Workshop at Work at: sustainableambition.com/planner2022 Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 142: The "Good Enough Job" and Shaping Broader Identities with Simone Stolzoff | 02 Oct 2024 | 00:47:33 | |
What is work? And what is the role of work in our lives? For many Americans, work is a primary source of meaning and identity. But what if you embraced a more holistic identity? Today, I’m in conversation with Simone Stolzoff, author of The Good Enough Job, about the roles of work in our modern lives. Simone invites us to embrace more sides of ourselves as we write our stories and, through a broader lens on identity, be more intentional about the role of our work and the ambitions we pursue. Learn more about Simone Stolzoff:
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| 44. On Planning a More Sustainable+Ambitious Year: Part 3 with Kathy Oneto | 17 Jan 2022 | 00:31:29 | |
Join Kathy Oneto, host and founder of Sustainable Ambition, for a 4-part series to help you plan a more sustainable+ambitious year ahead. We’ll explore what will be stretching for you and what will sustain you. This series coincides with the upcoming launch of the Sustainable Ambition 12-Month Workbook+Planner: Your Life+Work Resilience Rx. The workbook+planner offers inquiries, exercises, and planning tools to help you lead a fulfilling, sustainable, and ambitious life+work. Learn more at: sustainableambition.com/planner2022 First, Sustainable Ambition is aspirational. It asks us to hold two opposing ideas—sustain and stretch—at the same time. How can we sustain ourselves (sustainable), while stretching ourselves (ambition)? That implies it is a practice that calls for perspective, personalization, pacing, and patience. And that admittedly means it isn’t easy! That is where this series comes in. Over 4-weeks, Kathy will guide you through exercises to create a plan to help you manage a more sustainable life+work over the coming months. The goal is to create awareness and structures that foster the ability to dance in our dynamic world, learning how to both stretch and sustain ourselves. How? By knowing ourselves better, defining our own Life+Work Resilience Rx (prescription), creating a plan, practicing, and progressing over time. Here’s a review of the series: and this is Part 3: Part #1: My Ambitions: My Next 12 Months - In this first episode, Kathy shares exercises to help you set a vision and your intentions for the coming year. What are your ambitions? Part #2: My Sustainable: My Life+Work Resilience Rx - In the second episode, we’ll explore what would make your life+work sustainable—what is your personal Life+Work Resilience Rx? Part #3: My 12-Month Planner + 6-Month Horizon - In the third episode, we’ll pull out our calendars and create a 12-month plan considering what you need on your calendar to allow you to stretch and sustain yourself. Part #4: Quarter 1 + Monthly Planning - We’ll close the series in episode four creating our aim for the first quarter of the year and setting you up to act and then assess and adapt as you reflect at the end of the first quarter to keep you operating at your best throughout the year. Kathy will come back each quarter to do a review with you and will come back at the end of the year for a 12-month review to see what we learned about building our own life+work resilience. While a sustainable and ambitious life+work is aspirational, the journey may not always be easy along the way. Yet, we believe we can do it and find our way. We can take back control and be in choice to build a more sustainable life+work. Here’s to a sustainable+ambitious 2022! P.S. If you’d like to do this work with others, consider creating a circle of friends or professional colleagues to plan and learn together. Doing this work as part of a community can support you in setting intentions, holding yourself accountable, providing encouragement, and learning together along the way. Find guides for a Planning Circle or Workshop at Work at: sustainableambition.com/planner2022 Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 43. On Planning a More Sustainable+Ambitious Year: Part 2 with Kathy Oneto | 10 Jan 2022 | 00:46:25 | |
Join Kathy Oneto, host and founder of Sustainable Ambition, for a 4-part series to help you plan a more sustainable+ambitious year ahead. We’ll explore what will be stretching for you and what will sustain you. This series coincides with the upcoming launch of the Sustainable Ambition 12-Month Workbook+Planner: Your Life+Work Resilience Rx. The workbook+planner offers inquiries, exercises, and planning tools to help you lead a fulfilling, sustainable, and ambitious life+work. Learn more at: sustainableambition.com/planner2022 First, Sustainable Ambition is aspirational. It asks us to hold two opposing ideas—sustain and stretch—at the same time. How can we sustain ourselves (sustainable), while stretching ourselves (ambition)? That implies it is a practice that calls for perspective, personalization, pacing, and patience. And that admittedly means it isn’t easy! That is where this series comes in. Over 4-weeks, Kathy will guide you through exercises to create a plan to help you manage a more sustainable life+work over the coming months. The goal is to create awareness and structures that foster the ability to dance in our dynamic world, learning how to both stretch and sustain ourselves. How? By knowing ourselves better, defining our own Life+Work Resilience Rx (prescription), creating a plan, practicing, and progressing over time. Here’s a review of the series and this is Part 2: Part #1: My Ambitions: My Next 12 Months - In this first episode, Kathy shares exercises to help you set a vision and your intentions for the coming year. What are your ambitions? Part #2: My Sustainable: My Life+Work Resilience Rx - In the second episode, we’ll explore what would make your life+work sustainable—what is your personal Life+Work Resilience Rx? Part #3: My 12-Month Planner + 6-Month Horizon - In the third episode, we’ll pull out our calendars and create a 12-month plan considering what you need on your calendar to allow you to stretch and sustain yourself. Part #4: Quarter 1 + Monthly Planning - We’ll close the series in episode four creating our aim for the first quarter of the year and setting you up to act and then assess and adapt as you reflect at the end of the first quarter to keep you operating at your best throughout the year. Kathy will come back each quarter to do a review with you and will come back at the end of the year for a 12-month review to see what we learned about building our own life+work resilience. While a sustainable and ambitious life+work is aspirational, the journey may not always be easy along the way. Yet, we believe we can do it and find our way. We can take back control and be in choice to build a more sustainable life+work. Here’s to a sustainable+ambitious 2022! P.S. If you’d like to do this work with others, consider creating a circle of friends or professional colleagues to plan and learn together. Doing this work as part of a community can support you in setting intentions, holding yourself accountable, providing encouragement, and learning together along the way. Find guides for a Planning Circle or Workshop at Work at: sustainableambition.com/planner2022 Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 42. On Planning a More Sustainable+Ambitious Year: Part 1 with Kathy Oneto | 03 Jan 2022 | 00:42:44 | |
Join Kathy Oneto, host and founder of Sustainable Ambition, for a 4-part series to help you plan a more sustainable+ambitious year ahead. We’ll explore what will be stretching for you and what will sustain you. This series coincides with the upcoming launch of the Sustainable Ambition 12-Month Workbook+Planner: Your Life+Work Resilience Rx. The workbook+planner offers inquiries, exercises, and planning tools to help you lead a fulfilling, sustainable, and ambitious life+work. Learn more at: sustainableambition.com/planner2022 First, Sustainable Ambition is aspirational. It asks us to hold two opposing ideas—sustain and stretch—at the same time. How can we sustain ourselves (sustainable), while stretching ourselves (ambition)? That implies it is a practice that calls for perspective, personalization, pacing, and patience. And that admittedly means it isn’t easy! That is where this series comes in. Over 4-weeks, Kathy will guide you through exercises to create a plan to help you manage a more sustainable life+work over the coming months. The goal is to create awareness and structures that foster the ability to dance in our dynamic world, learning how to both stretch and sustain ourselves. How? By knowing ourselves better, defining our own Life+Work Resilience Rx (prescription), creating a plan, practicing, and progressing over time. Here’s a review of the series and this is Part 1: Part #1: My Ambitions: My Next 12 Months - In this first episode, Kathy shares exercises to help you set a vision and your intentions for the coming year. What are your ambitions? Part #2: My Sustainable: My Life+Work Resilience Rx - In the second episode, we’ll explore what would make your life+work sustainable—what is your personal Life+Work Resilience Rx? Part #3: My 12-Month Planner + 6-Month Horizon - In the third episode, we’ll pull out our calendars and create a 12-month plan considering what you need on your calendar to allow you to stretch and sustain yourself. Part #4: Quarter 1 + Monthly Planning - We’ll close the series in episode four creating our aim for the first quarter of the year and setting you up to act and then assess and adapt as you reflect at the end of the first quarter to keep you operating at your best throughout the year. Kathy will come back each quarter to do a review with you and will come back at the end of the year for a 12-month review to see what we learned about building our own life+work resilience. While a sustainable and ambitious life+work is aspirational, the journey may not always be easy along the way. Yet, we believe we can do it and find our way. We can take back control and be in choice to build a more sustainable life+work. Here’s to a sustainable+ambitious 2022! P.S. If you’d like to do this work with others, consider creating a circle of friends or professional colleagues to plan and learn together. Doing this work as part of a community can support you in setting intentions, holding yourself accountable, providing encouragement, and learning together along the way. Find guides for a Planning Circle or Workshop at Work at: sustainableambition.com/planner2022 Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 41. On Closing Out the Year & Welcoming 2022 with Kathy Oneto | 08 Dec 2021 | 00:23:08 | |
In this solo episode, host Kathy Oneto asks you to give yourself permission to pause and reflect to honor the past year. Join her for nine questions to close out the year and welcome 2022. You may want to listen while out on a walk, pausing to note observations, or sit down with your favorite beverage and a journal at hand. Or, check out the Google document provided (see the show notes) to capture your reflections and insights. Here’s to acknowledging 2021 and starting fresh in 2022! Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 40. On A Strategic Job Search that Works with Claudia Miller | 01 Dec 2021 | 00:51:17 | |
Today I’m joined by Claudia Miller, a career coach who helps clients land interviews and jobs with impressive pay raises. Claudia offers a strategic job search approach with easy steps that gets results. If you’re in the midst of searching for your next role or want to be prepared for the next time you do, listen to this episode. In the conversation, Claudia shares some of her tips to set you up for a successful job search and have you stand out from other candidates. It starts with having the right mindset and then spending time “sharpening the axe,” as Claudia would say. Preparation and practice go a long way to help you show up confidently and know how to handle any potential objections. My take is that Claudia is a champion for reaching for what you want for yourself and career, trusting you have what it takes or actively securing the skill sets for that next dream role, and deploying the right job search and interview strategy to command the attention you deserve from employers. Thanks so much for being on and sharing your insights and expertise with us, Claudia! Resources Mentioned Find Claudia: https://www.claudiatmiller.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiatmiller/ Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 39. On Rethinking & Shaping Your Time with Kathy Oneto | 16 Nov 2021 | 00:27:02 | |
In today’s modern world with its never-ending demands, we can be left feeling like time controls us more than we control our time. But what if time is an illusion as Albert Einstein said? What if we can rethink our time to support us rather than control us? What if we shift our modern perspective of time and see it as simply a construct that can be reshaped? Because our current ways of working with time can often shackle us to unproductive ways of being and living our lives. That’s what host and founder of Sustainable Ambition, Kathy Oneto, explores in this solo episode, offering three ways of thinking about time to shift it from something with negative associations and a sense of grasping for time towards one that’s more positive, playful, and powerful and puts you back in control. Play with these concepts as we close out the year and start 2022, because your time is yours. How can you rethink and reshape it to make your life+work more sustainable? Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 38. On Parenthood+Work & Mindful Returns with Lori Mihalich-Levin | 11 Nov 2021 | 00:49:33 | |
I was thrilled to be joined by Lori Mihalich-Levin, founder and CEO of Mindful Return, to talk about parenthood+work and helping parents navigate this stage in life and career. Lori champions parents having a more mindful return back to the office after welcoming a baby and offers an e-course that supports parents through the transition. And, her research shows that it delivers results! In the conversation, we talk about the role of work during this stage in life, how work and life enrich each other, and how being a parent makes us better professionals. Lori shares narratives that need to change, how this stage brings up challenges with professional and personal identity, and the importance of community to support building resilience. Lori offers her own practices that have helped her in making working parenthood more sustainable, encourages parents to avoid comparison, and counsels to not worry about missing out and instead trust in the abundance of opportunities in the world. There are a lot of great tips in this episode for expecting parents and employers who want to better support and retain working parents. Look also for a new program in the coming year from Mindful Return that will be for any working parent struggling with juggling it all. And even if you aren’t a parent, I think this episode still holds insights that can be considered as part of building a more sustainable life+work. Thank you for the great work you are doing in the world, Lori, and for sharing your wisdom with us! Resources Mentioned Find Lori: https://www.mindfulreturn.com/about-lori-mihalich-levin/ Mindful Return: https://www.mindfulreturn.com/ Mindful Return eCourse: https://www.mindfulreturn.com/e-course/ Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 37. On A Challenge to Grant Yourself Permission with Kathy Oneto | 03 Nov 2021 | 00:09:17 | |
In this short episode, Kathy Oneto, host and founder of Sustainable Ambition, talks about the concept of permission and how it has been showing up a lot for her of late. It inspired her to jump on and share a challenge with you for the coming week and/or holiday months. That challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to ask yourself and act on: What permission do you want to grant yourself? And: What permission might you grant yourself to stretch yourself? What permission might you grant yourself to sustain yourself? Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 36. On Embracing the Messiness & Success of Career Journeys with Will Schafer | 27 Oct 2021 | 00:43:26 | |
It was so wonderful to be in conversation with Will Schafer, VP of International Marketing at Beyond Meat, where he's been for 7 years through the company’s early growth and IPO. While you might assume in seeing Will’s current title that his career had a straight line, it’s instead been a journey mixed with corporate stints, sabbaticals, business school, consulting, and intentionally putting himself on a path that aligned with his values and would give his work meaning. There are a lot of nuggets of wisdom in Will’s journey, including accepting the messiness of career paths, embracing a growth mindset, and proactively managing the jumping from lily pad to lily pad to get you where you want to be. I also love the final quote he mentions from Martin Luther King Jr.: “You don't have to see the full staircase, just take the first step.” It’s a great reminder from Will: change only happens step by step. Thanks so much for being on, Will, and being open with your journey. It’s an inspiration! Resources Mentioned • Beyond Meat: https://www.beyondmeat.com/ • Kengos, a plant-based shoe company that Will has invested in: https://kengos.com/ • Book, “Do What You Are”: https://www.amazon.com/Do-What-You-Are-Personality/dp/031623673X • Carol Dweck and Growth Mindset: https://profiles.stanford.edu/carol-dweck Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 35. On Good Risk, Lifestyle Design, & Courage to Step Off the Path with Mike Murgatroyd | 20 Oct 2021 | 00:42:42 | |
In this episode, I’m joined by my good friend, Mike Murgatroyd. Mike is one of the people I talk to and love to seek wisdom from when making decisions about my own life and career. He’s supported me in finding my way towards more Sustainable Ambition. So, I wanted to have him on to hear more about his own journey and how he makes decisions about his career and life. It’s not been an easy journey for Mike to find fulfilling work, continually fighting the need to be responsible and have security balanced with his desire to grow and learn. Mike is an early entrepreneur who has over time learned to dance with risk and define “good risk” to finally become an entrepreneur later in his career. Beyond career, Mike shares his philosophies and approach to lifestyle design and how for him work and personal life aren’t separate. He sees life as a “series of projects” and the integration of both being what allows him to sustain himself. In Mike being open and sharing his story, I hope you find inspiration to get to know yourself and build the courage (as Mike shares in his final piece of advice) to consider taking a divergent path if that “path less taken” is calling you. As Mike said: “Have the courage to go out there and create an extraordinary life for yourself and those that you love, whatever that is to you.” And: “That’s the goal—it is to spend our time and not pass it.” I knew I’d love this conversation, and I did! Thank you for being on and sharing your journey with us, Mike! Resources Mentioned Mike’s company, Van Evolve: https://www.vanevolve.com/ Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 141. Sustaining Ambition: Insights From France with Sandra Fillaudeau | 18 Sep 2024 | 00:47:09 | |
If you live and work in the U.S., you might have daydreamed about finding better work-life balance by moving to another country with different norms and structures around work. But what if the challenges of navigating life and work in the modern world are more pervasive than we think? France-based coach and consultant Sandra Fillaudeau joins me to dig into the challenges French professionals face with work-life integration, how those issues are reflected cross-culturally, and what shifts individuals and organizations can make to help us better navigate the dynamic nature of our lives and work in the modern world. Learn more about Sandra Fillaudeau:
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| 34. On Flourishing at Work in Community & with Experimentation with Amy Bonsall | 13 Oct 2021 | 00:47:32 | |
In this episode, I’m joined by Amy Bonsall, founder and CEO of Nau, a business designed to support teams and individuals in flourishing at work. And in this conversation that’s exactly what we delve into—what does it take to flourish at work? Amy shares three areas she focuses on in her work with organizations and groups around connection, adaptability, and fair potential, pointing out what we as individuals can work on and what needs to be supported by organizations. We talk about the impact of the pandemic and the need to build back boundaries, routines, and rituals into our work norms. Hailing from IDEO, it’s not surprising to hear Amy champion experimentation and prototyping as we step into this new hybrid work environment, its benefit being to de-risk trying solutions and always being open to adapt to what’s not working. And in support of Sustainable Ambition, Amy speaks to the need to build rest and recovery into every day, not just waiting for a vacation. I love how Amy shares great stories in this episode, pulling from her work experiences, as well as research that supports her counsel and the work she does. I so enjoyed this conversation with you, Amy! Thank you for the wonderful work you are doing in the world to support people flourishing at work at a time when we all desperately need it. Resources Mentioned Find Amy at Nau: https://www.inthenau.com/ Find Amy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abonsall/ Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 33. On Get Done What You Want to Get Done (AKA GSD!) with Kathy Oneto | 06 Oct 2021 | 00:24:30 | |
Are you an ambitious person who gets inspired to do a lot? You have multiple ideas, get excited about a lot of projects, and can’t help yourself but take them on? It can easily happen when you’re engaged and motivated. But often in those situations, you might start to feel frustrated when you find yourself not making as much progress as you’d like, because your plate is so full. So in that situation, how do you Get Done What You Want to Get Done? Join Kathy Oneto, host and founder of Sustainable Ambition, to explore this topic, or as she jokingly talks about how do you Get Shit Done! (Listen in to find out!) She offers 10 tips on how we can get into action on the things we really want to do. She closes by answering a listener question, “How do you stay motivated?” As you dig into this last quarter of the year, find inspiration to get done what you want to get done. And then if you’re lacking motivation, perhaps Kathy’s tips can help inspire you to find renewed motivation, as well. Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 32. On Building Endurance for Work+Life & Effective Leadership with Katie Ceccarini | 29 Sep 2021 | 00:45:07 | |
I’m thrilled to be joined in this episode by Katie Ceccarini, founder of Endurance Management Coaching. She is an executive coach and trainer who works with leaders to empower their vision and unleash their strengths. She is also an endurance athlete and mom. In this conversation, we cover a lot of ground. Katie first shares her own career journey and her career transition to becoming a business owner, trainer, and coach. She shares what prompted her to leave Corporate, lean into what was drawing her next, and how a shift in life stage coupled with the pandemic led her to think differently about the work+life she wanted to craft for herself. We delve into leadership and the work that Katie does as a coach. She shares tips on improving leader effectiveness and shares one of her pet peeves, the focus on “fake it till you make it.” She’d say it’s much more powerful to be vulnerable, be genuinely curious, and find footing in purpose and making it matter. We close with some wise tips on how Katie leads a full life while staying in sync with her life vision and keeping herself sustained and whole. Thanks so much for being on with me, Katie! SO many good, clear tenets you share in this episode for people to take forward and apply in their lives, careers, and as leaders. Resources Mentioned Find Katie: Endurance Boss: https://www.enduranceboss.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-ceccarini/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enduranceboss/ Want to work with Katie? Find her here: https://www.enduranceboss.com/contact Other episodes mentioned: Episode #29 - On Permission to Glow & Epic Leadership with Kristoffer Carter: https://sustainableambition.com/sapodcast/29 Episode #30 - On Work + Life as a Breadwinning Woman with Bethanie Baynes: https://sustainableambition.com/sapodcast/30 If you're looking to learn more about strengths, check out Episode #8 - On Paying Attention & Knowing Your Strengths with Maghan Haggerty: https://sustainableambition.com/sapodcast/8 Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 31. On Playing the Long Game with Dorie Clark | 22 Sep 2021 | 00:42:54 | |
On this episode, I was honored to be joined by Dorie Clark to discuss her latest book, The Long Game, that was released on September 21, 2021. If you are seeking to build a sustainable, enduring, fulfilling career from decade to decade, The Long Game is a must on your reading list! And in this conversation, we delve into why Dorie’s concepts have such application to building Sustainable Ambition. In the book, Dorie demonstrates how doing away with short term thinking and instead taking the long view can help us achieve any goal we set out for ourselves. Anything is possible if you have the courage and strategic patience, as Dorie says, to play the long game. Dorie shows us the way from making the time to put against the goals that will fulfill you to the strategies to win at playing the long game to tips to keep the faith. In our conversation here, we talk about being realistic about the length of time it takes to reach our goals, how the long game can take courage yet also be freeing, the importance of setting a vision, how long-term thinking and the strategies Dorie lays out apply to any stage in one’s career, and much more. Thanks so much for your incredible work and being on to share your insights with us, Dorie! I loved the conversation. Resources Mentioned Find Dorie: dorieclark.com Get a FREE Long Game self-assessment workbook and learn more at: dorieclark.com/thelonggame Reinventing You: https://dorieclark.com/reinventingyou/ Laura Vanderkamp: https://lauravanderkam.com/ BJ Fogg: https://www.bjfogg.com/ Dorie’s HBR Article on, "How to Reinvent Yourself After 50:" https://hbr.org/2013/12/how-to-reinvent-yourself-after-50 Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 30. On Work + Life as a Breadwinning Woman with Bethanie Baynes | 15 Sep 2021 | 00:44:46 | |
Today I’m joined by Bethanie Baynes, a tireless women’s advocate and recognized leader on the topic of breadwinning women and host of the podcast, “Working Wife, Happy Life.” A proud breadwinning woman herself, Bethanie has created awareness, built community, and provided resources for women who are the sole or primary earners for their households. In this conversation, we dive into what it means to be a breadwinner and how societal constructs limit women in not seeing themselves in this role. We explore the question of “how to manage it all” (or not!), and Bethanie passes on some great advice on how to set boundaries and signal to people how we can best be utilized both at work and at home. Importantly, she reminds us of the power in giving ourselves and others grace. And given Bethanie’s own experience and leading a community of 3,000 breadwinning women at Google, she offers tips on how to navigate bucking societal norms in taking on different roles within a household and encourages us to lean into resistance and difficult conversations. I loved having you on, Bethanie! Such great wisdom to share with all of us. And thank you for all you do to break down societal constructs to help women AND men step into the roles that are most powerful for them and support them in building fulfilling lives on their terms. Resources Mentioned Find Bethanie: Bethanie's Website: https://www.bethaniebaynes.com/ Bethanie's Podcast, Working Wife, Happy Life: https://www.bethaniebaynes.com/workingwifehappylife LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethaniebaynes/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bethaniebaynes?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethaniebaynes/?hl=en Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 29. On Permission to Glow & Epic Leadership with Kristoffer Carter | 08 Sep 2021 | 00:47:35 | |
In this episode, I’m speaking with Kristoffer Carter (“KC”) who is a spiritual teacher at the intersection of consciousness and business. He is the founder of This Epic Life, a website and podcast devoted to conscious living, which has created a daily meditation practice for thousands. We discuss KC’s new book, “Permission to Glow: A Spiritual Guide to Epic Leadership.” The book is available for pre-order on September 7 and comes out on October 5. Don’t get scared off by this episode if you aren’t a spiritual person! I suggest you be open to the power of what KC is “preaching.” This is all about ways to open ourselves up to truly lead in all aspects of our lives and do so in a way that is sustainable. KC might say this is “soul level work,” and it’s about being able to show up in your life as your true, unapologetic self and to allow others to do the same. So if you’re looking to up your leadership game in any area of your life and to find more capacity for what life is throwing at you, then KC’s 4 Permissions™ framework can help unlock new potential and give you insight into building more Sustainable Ambition. Resources Mentioned Find KC at: thisepiclife.com The book: permissiontoglowbook.com #PermissionToGlowBook KC on LinkedIn: @kristoffercarter Instagram: @permissiontoglowbook Get meditating with KC at Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/thisepiclife Book KC mentions, "Permission to Feel," by Marc Brackett: https://www.marcbrackett.com/about/book-permission-to-feel/ Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 28. On Where Did My Ambition Go? with Kathy Oneto (A Solo Episode) | 01 Sep 2021 | 00:27:13 | |
Are you like me and wondering this summer, “Where did my ambition go?!” Ugh. Perhaps we are still in the pandemic’s “languishing” fog, as Adam Grant brought to our attention earlier this year. Some of us may simply be exhausted and need to restore ourselves. Or, maybe life is rightly pulling your attention towards other pressing personal matters. And yet, there can be other reasons why our ambition might wane. In this solo episode, host Kathy Oneto offers tips on ways to help find your way back to your ambition and flourishing. This might be a perfect way to focus a bit of attention at the end of summer to help you find renewed energy as you enter the Fall season. Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 27. On Finding Joy as a Digital Entrepreneur at 55+ with Anne LaFollette | 25 Aug 2021 | 00:48:29 | |
In this episode, I’m joined by Anne LaFollette, the founder of Anne LaFollette Art, a thriving digital business centered around surface pattern design. Anne found her way to this work after a 25+ year career in corporate with retailers such as Esprit, The Gap, and Old Navy. Anne’s story is one of Sustainable Ambition, as she forged a new path for herself and opened a new door building a creative business when the corporate door closed in her 50’s. Having an unexpressed love of art that manifested in a collection of art supplies purchased over the years and with a nudge from her husband and mother, Anne found her way towards a creative business that is both successful and brings her a tremendous amount of joy. Listen in to hear about Anne’s journey and her counsel to achieve Sustainable Ambition both in managing through a career transition and in the day-to-day, finding a more sustainable work-life while still being ambitious. Thank you so much for being on, Anne! It was wonderful to speak with you! Resources Mentioned About Anne and her upcoming course: Find Anne LaFollette and all her offers here: https://www.annelafolletteart.com/ Anne's upcoming free course, "From Doodles to Dollars:" https://members.artwithanne.com/from-doodles-to-dollars Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annelafolletteart/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/annelafolletteart/ Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user63685567 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsEM3R4kf2OAcSr_kb5wHwQ?view_as=subscriber Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 26. On Re-Writing Your Work Re-Entry with Kathy Oneto (A Solo Episode) | 18 Aug 2021 | 00:23:19 | |
As we start to look out past the end of this month and think about heading back-to-work (as kids head back-to-school, too), Kathy Oneto, Founder of Sustainable Ambition, wanted to provide some thoughts on how to step into this “new normal,” when it comes to going back to the office. Of course, the Delta variant is throwing some kinks into our re-entry plans, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be thinking about how you want to structure your work-life going forward. In this episode, Kathy offers tips to help you re-write your re-entry on your terms and help you ask for what you need and want to build a more sustainable work-life. A consideration if you usually listen to these episodes driving or walking… This might be an episode that you actually want to listen to as part of a quiet mini-strategy session for yourself. Consider listening and going through the prompts, pausing to capture your notes as you go along. Or, if you prefer, listen and take what you want from the episode and apply Kathy’s suggestions in whatever way best serves you. Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 25. On Burnout, Focus, & Gaining Confidence in Networks with Philip VanDusen | 11 Aug 2021 | 00:41:54 | |
Today I’m joined again by friend, mentor, and business colleague Philip VanDusen for Part 2 of our conversation. Philip was one of my first guests in Episode #6, and I ran out of time with him. As I mentioned then, he is one of my favorite people to talk to, and I seek him out often for his wisdom, so I wanted to have him back. In this episode, I wanted to explore Philip’s thoughts on burnout, the issue with confidence that many, especially creative people, are experiencing during the pandemic, which he’s been witnessing amongst his community, and how he has sustained his own ambition over time. We also touch on how to maintain focus and discern between intentional use of time and procrastination. Philip would say, "Stop puttering!" Philip has held esteemed roles in his creative career, such as VP Design at Old Navy and Pepsico, as well as serving as an Executive Creative Director on the agency side. After Corporate life, Philip went out on his own and now runs his own branding agency, as well as fosters a creative community. Philip offers a lot of free content to creatives and entrepreneurs, has a community to help reduce isolation and build confidence, and offers courses, which I encourage you to check out: https://philipvandusen.com/ Philip—thanks for all you do in sharing your learning with all of us and showing us the way towards building sustainable, rewarding careers and businesses! Resources Mentioned Episode #6 with Philip: https://sustainableambition.com/sapodcast/6 Philip's Brand Strategy 101 course for Creative Professionals (next coming in September'21!): https://philipvandusen.com/bs101 Philip's video on Personal Brand Archetypes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VGsRCZKGgI Find Philip: Website: https://philipvandusen.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/philipvandusen?lang=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipvandusen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd2J-PizcFDxWHBBfRkp38Q Brand Design Masters Facebook Group: https://philipvandusen.com/bdm-facebook-group Brand Design Masters Podcast: https://podcast.branddesignmasters.com/subscribe BrandMuse Blog: https://philipvandusen.com/blog-gallery BrandMuse Interviews: https://philipvandusen.com/brandmuse-interviews Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 140. Reflections on a Summer of Sustainable Ambition | 04 Sep 2024 | 00:14:44 | |
Sustainable Ambition is a practice and a journey that is ever-changing and each of our journeys is unique to us. In this episode, I reflect on the Summer Book Series, how I was impacted by the concepts I shared in those episodes, and what I have been learning about Sustainable Ambition over the last several months. I also want to share updates on where I am in my own journey of Sustainable Ambition, not just based on the books, but a view of how I am doing with sustaining my ambition over time and not sacrificing my life or myself in the process. Thanks for Listening!
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| 24. On Cutting Back on Demands & Expectations with Kathy Oneto (A Summer Solo Episode) | 28 Jul 2021 | 00:17:03 | |
In this solo episode, I offer 3 challenges to help you cut back on demands and expectations so you can create more space in your life for summer and going forward. I read an article on burnout from The Economist’s 1843 magazine by Josh Cohen who is a psychoanalyst, academic, and writer. And he had this to say at the end, “Burnout is not simply a symptom of working too hard. It is also the body and mind crying out for an essential human need: a space free from the incessant demands and expectations of the world…. The amelioration of burnout begins in finding your own pool of tranquility where you can cool off.” So, the intent of this episode is to help us find that pool of tranquility Cohen describes, which is perfect for this overly hot summer. How do we allow ourselves to cool off, as he notes? How do we cut down on all the demands and expectations of the world? Try these challenges to help. Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 23. On Well-Being & Taking Back Control of your Day with Liz Koehler & Clare Davenport | 21 Jul 2021 | 00:42:50 | |
In this episode, I’m joined by Liz Koehler and Clare Davenport, both who are experts in positive psychology and well-being. They conducted research around addressing well-being amid constant choice and change rooted in positive psychology. This topic is so important right now in the age of the pandemic and post-pandemic. According to a 2020 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends study, well-being was the top-ranked trend that year even before the pandemic fully hit us, and in a more recent study individual workers rank “improving worker well-being” in the top 3 of initiatives for work transformation efforts over the next 1-3 years. What’s great about what Liz and Clare share is how we can take small actions to take back control of our days and improve our well-being. They also share how doing this for oneself can have ripple effects to those around you, both through how you are able to then operate better but also through one’s own modeling of behaviors that prioritize and improve well-being. Thank you so much for sharing your learning and counsel, Liz and Clare! There are insights here for all of us to get into action with small changes that can make a big impact for our individual and collective well-being. If you want to get in touch, find Liz on LinkedIn (Elizabeth Koehler) and Clare at her company, Designing4Better: designing4better.com. Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 22. On Ditching Imposter Syndrome with Clare Josa | 07 Jul 2021 | 00:37:37 | |
Join me for this brilliant and action-packed episode with Clare Josa, an expert on and author of, “Ditching Imposter Syndrome.” We talk about the definition of imposter syndrome and why so many of us, especially high performers, suffer from it, why it’s helpful to distinguish between imposter syndrome and self doubt, and why we need to shift from judging to evaluating. Clare also offers some great tips on how we as leaders can support employees with imposter syndrome and how we as individuals can start to gain back our personal power. And as Clare passionately rallies at the end of our conversation: “Do something. Please, I implore you! Take one action in the next 24 hours to move you towards setting yourself free from imposter syndrome.” You can do something about imposter syndrome, and thankfully Clare shows us the way. I loved this conversation, Clare, and your book! Thank you for doing this work and helping us all find a path to being the powerful leaders we can all be. Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 21. On Career Transitions & Building a Sustainable Work-Life with Cathryn Caruthers | 23 Jun 2021 | 00:50:17 | |
I was excited to speak with Cathryn Caruthers, an executive coach who specializes in working with senior and emerging leaders in navigating major career transitions. In this conversation, Cathryn offers great tips for managing a sustainable career, dealing with impostor syndrome (or she’d call it impostor phenomenon), which most of us experience even high performers, and paying attention to what might lead to burnout. This is a great episode for people at all stages of one’s career, as Cathryn offers tips that apply from the time you’re in college to what we should all prioritize to sustain us throughout our careers and support our ambition, the foundational elements of staying healthy physically and mentally and taking care of our relationships. I also found Cathryn to be an inspiration for us all to really think about sustainability when we think about our careers and making choices that consider both what we want personally and professionally. What impresses me about Cathryn’s journey is how she has been so attuned to herself and paid attention to how her career needed to support the kind of life she wants to live. I loved this conversation, Cathryn! Thank you for sharing your own career journey and your smart guidance for us all to navigate our career transitions with more confidence and ease and building more sustainable careers. Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 20. On Creating Space & What will Sustain You with Kathy Oneto (A Solo Episode) | 10 Jun 2021 | 00:21:20 | |
In this solo episode, I talk about creating space and what will sustain you. The topic of sustainability, creating space, and sustaining myself has been present for me of late, so I thought I’d do a short episode on what I’ve been experiencing in the hopes that it will help you, too. And with the official start of summer right around the corner, I think it’s a perfect time for the topic. Summer offers us a time when we typically slow down, so despite the world picking up coming out of the pandemic, I encourage you to do the opposite—create space, slow down, and invest in those activities that will sustain you and keep you at your best. If you’re feeling like you could use a deceleration for the summer, too, just like me, and want time to further recuperate and restore, listen in and consider the questions I offer as prompts to reset your world for summer. Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 19. On Keeping Your Energy & Spirit Intact with Leslie Forde | 26 May 2021 | 00:42:25 | |
Joining me on this episode of the podcast is Leslie Forde, founder of Mom’s Hierarchy of Needs, which researches and illuminates stress, self-care and growth for Moms, and founder of Allies @ Work, which helps employers use data to retain working parents and create inclusive workplaces where caregivers can thrive. Leslie is shedding the light on just how broken our current system is in supporting caregivers, both women and men, and offers great insights and tips for both companies and individuals to find a more sustainable way to achieve successful outcomes in both work and life. I could have talked with Leslie for a long time! And in this conversation she shares a lot of great advice for individuals, leaders, and companies to consider to help us all have a more sustainable work-life. Leslie shares how the solution doesn’t lie in working harder or just being ruthless about prioritization; we also need to be ruthless about carving out space for those things that feed us and regenerate us so our energy and spirit can be intact. I was thrilled to hear that Leslie is hearing progress from companies and an openness to changing corporate cultures to support “self care” and caregivers. Thank you for your important work, Leslie, and helping individuals, managers, and companies find the way towards more sustainable work-life happiness. And thank you for sharing your advice and insights with us in this episode! Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 18. On "Strong Like Water" & Leaning into Vulnerability with Laila Tarraf | 12 May 2021 | 00:48:59 | |
In this episode, I’m joined by Laila Tarraf, a senior human resource executive who is currently the Chief People Officer of Allbirds, a sustainable footwear and apparel brand, and the author of the recently released book, “Strong Like Water: How I found the Courage to Lead with Love in Business and in Life.” In this beautifully written book, Laila is generous with her own vulnerability in sharing her personal story so that we all can learn through her experiences of both loss and growth. Together we talk about becoming a heart-based leader, what being “soft but strong” and “firm yet kind” looks like, and the power of leaning into discomfort. Laila shares what she learned at Peet’s Coffee about what it takes to create an environment where employees feel like they can bring their full selves to work and offers tips on both how to strengthen one’s heart as a leader and how to build Sustainable Ambition for oneself. We close by talking about the power of taking pauses, and Laila shares a favorite quote by Brother David Steindl-Rast (which I loved, too!): “You know the antidote to stress is not necessarily rest.... The antidote to stress is wholehearted living.” Amen! I encourage you to pick up Laila’s beautiful book. Not only is it a wonderful read, it will leave you feeling inspired to lean into your own growth journey. Thank you so much for being in conversation with me, Laila! Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 17. On Getting Control of Burnout with Talia Rosenblum | 05 May 2021 | 00:44:29 | |
For those of us who are ambitious, it can be easy get to a point of burnout. So to live in a Sustainable Ambition way, we need to find tools to help us recognize when we’re moving towards it and to direct our energy so our work doesn’t unintentionally take over our life, as I say around Right Effort, the third pillar of Sustainable Ambition. So, I was thrilled to speak with Talia Rosenblum who specializes in working with people who have experienced burnout and with those who want to find better work-life integration. We share a lot of philosophies and perspectives, as you’ll hear in this episode where we explore what burnout is, signals that you’re on a slippery slope to burnout, how to start to get control of your time and life, and Talia’s rallying cry to put just as much attention on building success and happiness in your personal life as in your professional life and moving from “I should” to “this is what I want to do.” Wonderful to be in conversation with you, Talia! Appreciate all of your so helpful insights. Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 16. On Creating the Life I Want with Christine Bader & Eva Dienel | 28 Apr 2021 | 00:52:42 | |
I was so excited to speak with Christine Bader and Eva Dienel about their important work at “The Life I Want.” Christine and Eva are both idealists and writers in their own right, and with this storytelling project they are telling rich stories to reframe the discussion about work in our lives. It all starts with “The Life I Want,” not work. And in this episode, we hear what brought each of them to reorient their own work to support their lives vs. living to work, taking them to Bali and Australia, respectively, for a period of time, as well as homesteads in Oregon. For them, the future of work requires that we change our relationship with work, as individuals and as a society, so more people can live happier, more fulfilled lives. There are four pillars that frame their working model: 1) individual, 2) employers, 3) community, and 4) government, and we speak of each of these in this episode. While we talk about how in today’s model you need a super power to pull yourself towards working to live as opposed to living to work, finding more fulfillment for all can’t be only on the individual. They advocate that we also need safety nets to make it possible, such as employers stepping up and realizing that the work they provide employees is a product in itself, leaning on our communities, and government programs and legislation. In this conversation, we also touch on the idea of creating your own measurements of success, the importance of valuing care in our society, and that the answers lie in fixing work for the most marginalized, as those solutions will likely work for us all. If you want to be inspired to create a life you want and want to hear how to start to rethink what it would mean to take an alternate path, listen in and check out Christine and Eva's work at The Life I Want: https://www.thelifeiwant.co/ to read their beautiful stories of others who are showing us the way towards a brighter future of work that will work for all. Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 15. On Choosing the Career & Life that is Right for Us with Mala Singh | 18 Apr 2021 | 00:51:42 | |
Mala Singh is the Chief People Officer (CPO) of Electronic Arts. I had the pleasure of working with Mala when she was Chief People Officer at Minted, and I couldn't wait to speak with her in this episode, because she's is one of the wisest people I know. Not only did I want to learn more about Mala's own career journey from British Guyana to the U.S. to a global career in HR, I also knew Mala would have great insight to share from her own experiences and from her role as a CPO on the executive team of a world class, creative organization that has had to manage through this pandemic with 25 offices around the world. We cover a lot of ground in this conversation starting with Mala's own career, which I would say she guided by defining success for herself and making decisions that didn't necessarily always propel her upward but resonated with her desire to have certain experiences, like a global career, and to grow. Such decisions took her to places like Paris, so I myself don't think that was a bad trade-off! She offers tips on what to think about managing your career at each decade, shares how EA has cared for its employees during the pandemic, offers her forecast on whether or not we'll be going back to offices, encourages us all to be allies, and gives us tips on how to manage a full, ambitious personal and professional life. I love what Mala had to say on all these topics. Listen in to hear her wisdom! Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 139. From Autopilot to Astonishingly Alive with Jodi Wellman | 21 Aug 2024 | 00:48:23 | |
Part of pursuing Sustainable Ambition is examining how we can live our lives more fully, and with more purpose, without sacrificing ourselves. Today’s guest, speaker and author, Jodi Wellman, calls us to look death in the face in order to become more alive. And while this might sound dour or heavy, it really isn’t. Jodi shares her philosophy for crafting a life well-lived, and it doesn’t always require us to make huge changes in our lives. Small things, done in service of our needs, preferences, and goals, really do add up when we stop procrastinating and start living. Learn more about Jodi Wellman:
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| 14. On Managing Your $ to Support your Life with Bridget Jones | 07 Apr 2021 | 00:45:14 | |
On this episode, I’m in conversation with Bridget Jones, a finance coach and founder of Smart Sister Finance. Prior to Smart Sister, Bridget worked in finance and was an executive leader at several leading food companies where she held finance and operations leadership roles at companies like Clif Bar and Whole Foods Market. I wanted to chat with Bridget, because finances is directly tied to work-life integration and managing our careers from decade to decade. While salary is not an intrinsic motivator, meaning the core thing that gets most of us excited about our work, the reality is our jobs pay the bills! They support our lives. And so, being wise about one's finances is important to facilitating Sustainable Ambition. And impressively, Bridget was so good with her own finances, she met and exceeded her goal of being able to retire by the age of 50. Now, that's someone I want to talk to! I love all the insights in this conversation about how work and finances are intertwined in creating a sustainable life. We talk about Bridget’s own career journey, why she had a goal of retiring by 50, and what surprised her most after she had downtime and recharged. We explore the importance of setting financial goals and tying those to your overall life goals - what are you working and saving for? We advocate embracing planning for what you want in your life, focusing on the big rocks and accepting that it is iterative. And, we close by covering just how important it is to talk about money. From Bridget's perspective, it’s powerful to set an intention, because it will then likely manifest. Thanks for being on Bridget! Such an important topic and appreciate you sharing your own story and tips for people to find freedom by getting smart about their finances! Thanks for Listening! If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much! Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VWB2SGW Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe | |||
| 13. On Uncertainty & Living in Not Knowing (A Solo Episode) | 31 Mar 2021 | 00:32:11 | |
On another solo episode, I share some thoughts on a topic that has come up a lot over the last year during the pandemic… And that is the concept of living in not knowing. What does “living in not knowing” even mean? It means living in uncertainty. Not being clear on a path, say, or having the answer. It’s a weird liminal state. The challenge is that we are wired to want to know. We want certainty. And, when we don’t have that, it causes consternation and stress. Why is this important to the concept of Sustainable Ambition? Because I talk about the idea of crafting a career to support your life from decade to decade, which implies we will go through many transitions over the course of our adulthood. And it’s in transitions, that we live in moments of uncertainty and not knowing. During such times, we can often feel unmoored and unclear. In this episode, I share 15 lessons on what I’ve learned through my own experiences to survive and thrive during uncertainty and growth stages. I hope my sharing of these insights and tools that have provided me with guidance and relief can help you in finding some peace, as well as enrichment and joy, as we all wade through this time of uncertainty. Because in the end, while periods of not knowing have been some of the toughest for me, they’ve also been some of the most enriching of my life. I wish the same for you. | |||
| 12. On Your Second Half & Leaning into Growth with Stephanie Carter | 24 Mar 2021 | 00:54:08 | |
I loved being in conversation with Stephanie Carter, founder of The Verse, a media platform designed and delivered by grown-ups, for grown-ups, built on real talk; action-ready, beyond-the-masses tips; and original ideas. In founding The Verse, Stephanie realized she was one in an army of grown-ups seeking reinvention, and she hopes that by sharing her setbacks and wins, she can help people to view their second half with optimism and excitement. And this is what we delve into in this conversation. If you're wondering what's next for your second act, listen in. We cover everything from the importance of paying attention to the voice telling you that something new is on the horizon, getting started on figuring out what's next sooner than you think, getting help working with a coach, and leaning into a beginner's mindset. Stephanie knows what it's like to step away from being a master in one's discipline and she encourages us to embrace growth no matter your age and get comfortable with not being good as we learn new things. And if you're earlier in your career, take Stephanie's advice to take more risk (this is becoming a theme on the podcast!) and if you're in your 30's and 40's look and plan ahead. So much wisdom packed into this interview! Thank you for being on, Stephanie! | |||