Create Your Vision

Summary

Understanding your core values is critical to how your vision unfolds. Most people don't know their greatest values, but getting a clear understanding of them is crucial in life, career, and relationships.

Core values define what is most important to you and guide your behavior. They help measure whether you're living the life you want and identify your vision and purpose. In a corporate setting, leaders with solid values inspire and influence others.

Understanding your values clarifies your fit with a company and can save time and expense. Identifying gaps in your values and making adjustments can lead to personal growth and success.

Takeaways

Understanding your core values is crucial in life, career, and relationships.

Core values guide your behavior and help measure whether you're living the life you want.

In a corporate setting, leaders with solid values inspire and influence others.

Identifying gaps in your values and making adjustments can lead to personal growth and success.

Chapters

00:00 Understanding Your Core Values

04:47 Defining Values

06:16 Values and Behavior

07:44 Importance of Understanding Personal Values

09:33 Values and Living the Desired Life

11:28 Categories of Values: Priorities

13:49 Categories of Values: How We Want to Be

18:01 Values in a Corporate Setting

21:27 Values and Company Fit

22:24 Creating Team Values

23:48 Identifying Gaps and Making Adjustments

25:10 Creating a New Comfort Zone

26:10 The Importance of Knowing Your Core Values

Summary

Tatiana Strathoff, a professional circus artist, shares her inspiring story of overcoming obstacles and transforming challenges into opportunities.

From her decision to join the circus to becoming bedridden due to a rare bone disease, Tatiana's journey is a testament to resilience and self-discovery. She emphasizes the importance of having a supportive community and listening to one's body and heart.

Tatiana now works as a keynote speaker, inspiring others to discover their extraordinary possibilities and redefine their perspectives. Her story serves as a reminder to approach each day with openness and agility.

Takeaways

Contact Tatiana

www.tatianastraathof.com

www.creatingyoursunshine.com

http://linkedin.com/in/tatiana-straathof-87b902261

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background

01:18 Decision to Join the Circus

03:23 Entering the National Circus School

05:59 Training and Dream Job in Europe

10:11 Becoming Bedridden and Facing Challenges

15:00 Identity and Perspective Shift

23:26 Importance of Supportive Community

30:11 Rediscovering Self and Embracing Possibilities

36:10 Advice for Overcoming Challenges

40:33 Current Projects and Future Plans

Is your vision greater than your circumstances?

Kim Westlund discusses the importance of having a vision for your life and the common obstacles that can crush your vision. She highlights three big vision crushers that are all too common and can sneak into your life like a thief. Kim also shares the 'ah-ha' moment when she understood what it would take to overcome her own rock-bottom circumstances.

Takeaways

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and the Power of Vision

04:16 Excuses as Vision Crushers

07:36 Past and Circumstances as Vision Crushers

12:27 Distractions as Vision Crushers

In this episode, Kim Westlund discusses the trap of busyness and how it can lead to frustration and lack of progress towards goals. She emphasizes the importance of focus and narrowing down tasks and projects that align with what really matters.

Kim also highlights the impact of indecision and the need for a clear vision. She shares her own experience of struggling with starting too many things without finishing them and the importance of prioritizing commitments.

Additionally, she encourages listeners to focus on their gifts and talents and learn from successful individuals who have found their sweet spot.

Takeaways

Chapters

00:00 Feeling Exhausted and Overwhelmed

03:49 The Trap of Busyness

06:13 The Importance of Focus

09:36 Indecision and Clear Vision

13:20 Starting vs. Finishing

17:05 Overcommitment and Prioritization

21:52 Focusing on Your Gifts and Talents

23:22 Learning from Successful Individuals

25:00 Taking Action and Fulfilling Your Vision

Get in touch with Kim

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In this episode, Kim Westlund discusses the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people to fulfill your vision.

The people in your circle can either help or hinder your progress. Kim encourages listeners to evaluate the influence of those around them and consider whether they support their goals. She also addresses the challenges of dealing with naysayers and the phenomenon of crab syndrome.

Kim advises listeners to overcome other people's expectations and make adjustments to their associations. She concludes by urging listeners to make time for people who inspire and challenge them.

Takeaways

The people in your circle can either help or hinder your progress towards your vision.

Evaluate the influence of those around you and consider whether they support your goals.

Overcome other people's expectations and make adjustments to your associations.

Make time for people who inspire and challenge you.

Chapters

00:00 The Importance of Surrounding Yourself with the Right People

01:00 The Influence of People in Your Circle

04:16 Creating an Environment for Your Vision

05:16 Evaluating the Consequences of People's Influence

06:25 The Importance of Moving in the Same Direction

07:23 Surrounding Yourself with Positive and Supportive People

09:18 Dealing with Naysayers and Crab Syndrome

12:09 Overcoming Other People's Expectations

15:02 Making Adjustments and Changing Associations

16:30 Making Time for People Who Inspire and Challenge You

18:25 Taking Inventory of Your Relationships

“Loneliness is as lethal as smoking 15 cigarettes per day.

Lonely people are 50% more likely to die prematurely than those with healthy social connections.”

Wow.

In this episode, host Kim Westlund explores the importance of connection with guest, Richard Lee Tai. They discuss the need for belonging and the impact of loneliness on health and well-being. Richard shares his personal story of feeling lonely and out of place, and how it led him to focus on connection in his work.

Kim and Richard discuss the root issues that hinder connection, such as self-confidence and upbringing, and offer tips for improving professional networking. They also explore the power of asking better questions and using creative tools for connection.

The episode concludes with a discussion on the impact of connection on life and the responsibility individuals have in creating the right conditions for connection.

Richard Lee-Thai

Richard Lee-Thai is a TEDx Speaker, Connection Consultant, and co-author of “Become Your Superself: Connect with Yourself to Connect with Others.” His TEDx talk: "How to Find Excuses to Connect” outlines how people can make meaningful connections easier. His ultimate vision is to create a world without loneliness.

People never grew up with a class on “How to Make Friends”, so his work focuses on lessening the gap in social health education. As a professional speaker and Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coach Federation, he empowers individuals and organizations with the social skills and confidence to make meaningful connections for the rest of their lives.

His motto is: "You never know how any connection can transform your life."Connections can happen anywhere and anytime, so he encourages you to find that excuse to connect!

Connect with Richard Lee-Thai:

www.excusestoconnect.com

www.linkedin.com/in/richardleethai/

www.instagram.com/richardleethai/

www.facebook.com/richardleethai2/

Takeaways

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:36 The Importance of Connection

02:22 Guest Introduction: Richard Lee Thai

03:19 The Need for Belonging

04:39 Richard's Story and the Power of Connection

08:08 The Complexity of Loneliness

09:33 Factors that Hinder Connection

11:25 Root Issues and Self-Connection

16:54 Improving Professional Networking

19:47 Asking Better Questions

22:35 Creating Connection Opportunities

23:58 Using Creative Tools for Connection

25:54 The Power of Connection Events

29:06 The Impact of Connection on Life

31:22 Addressing Connection in Early Education

33:20 Taking Responsibility for Connection

36:38 Finding Connection Preferences

39:23 Online Communities and Connection

43:11 Creating the Right Conditions for Connection

46:32 Conclusion

As I launch the first episode of Create Your Vision Podcast, I thought I would bring back my original interview that started it all — telling my B-Side story. It took me many years to be brave enough to say these words out loud, and now I help others do the very same. I held back my story for a long time until I realized the power it holds in connecting with others. Healing and growth take place when we can dig deep and lock in to our authentic self. I encourage anyone listening to find your own bravery and do the same. I'm always here to help.

Onward!