Games, Grit, & Gratitude: Real Talk with Jean Leggett

Oh that dreaded imposter syndrome. Who, what, where, why, how? Jean shares her thoughts on the brain goblin that fills us with dread, doubt, and feelings of being a fraud. 

Topics we explore: 

• Assessing this imposter feeling, brain goblin saboteur
• Benchmarking ourselves to others in a healthy way
• Cultivating meaningful self talk and perception

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Developing relationships with professional contacts can sometimes feel tricky. How do you know when and how to connect with people? 

Topics we explore: 

• Networking - the basics
• Red flags to watch out for
• Jean's gaffes in relationship building

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Join Jean & Roger as we talk about grief, loss, betrayal. How do you get out of bed and do your job when you're having such a hard time with big life shifts? Is getting out of bed overrated?  

Topics we explore: 

• Grief - death, dying, illness
• Loss - job loss, relationship loss
• Removing the shame stigma of being vulnerable and asking for help

If you need mental health assistance, please reach out to any of these organizations in your area. You are worthy of love, safety, and kindness. 

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2021! New Year, New You? Ehhh. Maybe! 

Jean and Roger chat about effective goal setting, why it's important to create meaningful goals, connect with them, and give yourself permission to fail when your expectations don't match up with the results. 

Topics we explore: 

• Self assessment
• Identifying and prioritizing goals
• Understanding resonance
• Being kind to ourselves with goal setting

This episode's worksheet can be found here.

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Jean discusses the importance of mentors for individuals and your team, along with how to identify hucksters.  

Topics we explore: 

• What makes a good mentor
• How to be mentored
• Red flags around mentors
• Coaching your team
• Four stages of competency

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Jean gets very personal about the founding team dynamics of One More Story Games.

Topics we explore: 

• Red flags
• Intentional team dynamics & values
• Hiring for fit
• Founder relationships
• Married founders & infidelity  

Cool links 

• This episode’s worksheet - questions for you to examine red flags 
• 8 Candidate Red Flags to Look Out For 
• How do you know it’s time to hire someone for your startup? 

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Episode 4 - Jean, Jean the Sequel Machine

Jean continues Episode 3’s branding subject and explores more about business branding and developing a consistent brand with your social media presence. 

Topics we explore: 

• Social media best practices
• Rule of 3s 
• Understanding and building a business profile 
• Logo design
• Quality engagement 

Cool links 

• This episode’s worksheet - episode recap, things to consider for your logo branding
• Hootsuite article - social media best practices
• Xtensio- for business documents & marketing documents

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Jean talks about branding & identity & getting clear about how you/your business shows up in the world. What do people take away from encountering you? 

Topics we explore: 

• Where do you start with branding?
• What is a personal brand versus a business brand?
• Social media etiquette - are followers our friends? 
• Consistency
• The cost of being always “On” as a personal brand 

Cool links: 

• This episode’s worksheet  - Writing a mission & vision statement, getting clarity about how you're viewed as a person/business 
• Merry's How to Build a Brand handbook
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Once upon a time… Jean and Blair Leggett started an indie game dev studio called One More Story Games and built a narrative game engine. In this episode of G3 Real Talk, Jean shares the founding story of the studio - getting started with interns, getting started, etc. 

Questions we explore: 

• What went into the decision to start an indie studio?
• Why, after 7 years, are we still doing this? What keeps you going?
• What are some of the struggles, successes of being an indie startup? 
• What does Jean wish she knew when she started? 

Cool links: 

This episode’s worksheet - What’s your why? Crafting a personal vision statement. Identifying your champions.

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Hey! This is our welcome episode. In it, Jean and Roger talk about the overall flow of the series and what we’re going to be talking about (soft skill development, biz dev skill development, and life as a game dev creative).

Questions we explore:

• How does a life coach help a game studio?
• What does it mean to be resilient in game dev?
• What’s this mindfulness thing?
• Finding joy in the time of covid

Cool links: 

This episode’s worksheet  - Deep dive into your life - what are your priorities and how can you honour them?

Daily activity app - Daylio

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