Reframe to Create

What would it look like if you could be paid to be yourself?

Do you even know what to do in order to make this a reality?

You might be someone who thinks that being paid to be yourself requires quitting your job and building a business around your brand.

While this is one option it's not the only one available to you, especially if you're not willing or in a position to leave your current job.

Getting paid to be yourself requires a reframe.

It requires that you have a completely different orientation on how you think about and show up in work.

In this episode you'll learn:

• How to change your current way of working so you can get paid to be you
• How going beyond your skills is the key to your next level
• The four specific ways you can go beyond your skills in order to get paid to be you

By putting the four ways I share in this episode into practice you can not only start getting paid to be you right where you are now but you'll start to see and create more possibilities of this elsewhere.

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

https://reframetocreate.com

Resources

Story

Episode 14 - Developing Your Story Brand

Episode 31 - You can only go as far as who you are

Episode 36 - The Secret to Unlocking Your Inner Storyteller

Rob Biesenbach - Unleash the Power of Storytelling

Strengths

Marcus Buckingham - "How to Find Your Strengths"

StrengthsFinders 2.0 Gallup Assessment

Create

Episode 30 - Your Personal Brand is Not What You Think

Episode 13 - Developing Your signature Creation

Episode 4 - A Resume Excavation to Clarify Your Unique Contribution

Superpowers

Episode 33 - What's Your Superpower?

"There are plenty of people that have your skills. But nobody has your story."

Now before you protest that you don't have a story or that you're not a good storyteller, my guest Rain Bennett of The Storytelling Lab has an answer for that.

You do.

In fact, you've got many stories and you're already a storyteller from the sheer fact that you're a human being.

But how do you tap into this and bring it to life?

And how can this help you get paid to be you?

You'll learn all of this and so much more as Rain and I dive deep into these questions so that you can unlock your inner storyteller.

After listening you'll come away with a clear and practical way to tap into the stories that are all around you.

About my guest: Rain Bennett is a two-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker, writer, keynote speaker, and storytelling coach with over 15 years of experience producing documentary films. With his company Six Second Stories, he helps purpose-driven companies and organizations create short-form, heartfelt video stories to motivate their audiences to take action. His films and articles have been seen around the world and he hosts a weekly podcast called The Storytelling Lab. His mission is simple: to teach people how to leverage storytelling to grow their communities, deepen their connections, and maximize their impact in minimal time.

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Storytelling Resources:

The Story Spine

The Hero's Journey

Stories that Stick by Kindra Hall

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

https://reframetocreate.com

Remember the first day at your job?

Remember thinking, "I'm starting all over again and need to make a great first impression on these new folks!"

Maybe you're months or years into your job by now but you STILL have the same feeling that you need to "prove" yourself every single day.

Well, it's time to take a few lessons from Maria Von Trapp from the Sound of Music and put a stop to all this "constant proving" madness!

And yes, Maria has a few things to teach you because she's not the problem that needs to be solved!

Rather she's one of the greatest inspirations who can show you the way to get paid to be yourself.

But this is only if you're willing to buck the trend of fulfilling your job description!

In this episode you'll learn how through:

• 3 Lessons from Maria about how to go beyond fulfilling your job description
• A better way to treat each job description
• How to break the habit of approaching a new job with the "I'm starting over" mindset.

It's time to get paid to be you and fulfilling your job description won't cut it!

Let's get you doing what will.

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

https://reframetocreate.com

Why do you want that job? Why do you want that title? Why do you want that house?

Do you really know?

It's not what you might think on the surface.

It's not to get the status or climb to the new mountain height.

What you're really after is the feeling you believe you'll get once you attain your goal.

You're after the sense of joy, freedom, power or rightness that you believe will be yours once you check that goal off as achieved.

But this is the long way around the mountain.

What if you could just cut to the chase and learn how to be more connected to what you're really looking for from the beginning?

What if you knew how to lead with your ultimate goal of what you want to experience and how you want to feel?

In today's episode, my guest Sawida Kamara gives us a front-row seat to what it looks like when someone has mastered how to do and live from this place out loud!

By the end, you'll learn a whole new way of working that gets you to the root of what you really want.

About my guest: Sawida Kamara is a skillful capacity builder and changemaker who is passionate about supporting people and organizations in rethinking their status quo, and making generative changes that advance actualization and equity at the individual and collective level. Her work leverages experience and expertise in nonprofit organizational development, systems redesign and change, and adaptive project leadership and management.

Follow Sawida on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sawidakamara/

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

https://reframetocreate.com

How would you answer the question "What's your superpower?"

Would you say that it's your smarts or extreme strength?

Do you wish it was something like being able to fly or walk through walls?

Unfortunately, these are only surface-level understandings of what your superpower is and they don't get down to the real root of it.

In this episode you'll learn:

• How you can identify what your superpower really is and learn how to leverage it
• How your superpower, your mission, and your personal brand work together to help you make your unique contribution

Making the effort to discover your superpower is one of the most important and self-aware things you can do as a professional.

Let's do it!

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

Reference: Simon Sinek - Golden Circle Ted Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMOlfsR7SMQ

www.reframetocreate.com

How would you answer this question, "What does it mean to be mission-led and not job-led?"

When I asked my guest, Samuel Suraphel this question I had no idea that his response would lead me to one of the biggest reframes about work that I've had!

Hold on to your hat and get ready for a powerful nugget-packed conversation!

In this episode you'll learn:

• Why you need to work your way out of your job
• Why you shouldn't be afraid to lose your job
• A different way of seeing how problem-solving relates to your work
• The central place of adding value to your understanding of work
• The role and order of money in the life of a creating maven
• Why what we're talking about will make you future ready
• How being multi-passionate can be an asset and not just a reason to be unfocused
• Why this is all ultimately about your mind and mindset
• And so much more….

In the end, I know you'll be just as inspired and motivated as I was to recommit to this creating journey as a true creating maven.

About my guest: Samuel Suraphel is an entrepreneur, global program manager, and technology specialist with over 20 years of experience designing, managing, and successfully completing complex projects that require creative problem-solving skills and leadership in a multicultural environment. Since 2014, he has led Mansa Colabs, a company that supports the growth of early-stage companies and non-profit projects. Mansa Colab's client companies include Genii Games, Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art, Gateway CDC, and a leading non-profit working to increase diversity in health systems. A strong focus is also placed on entrepreneurship ecosystem building, particularly for African Diaspora businesses, and the promotion of the creative sector as a source for entrepreneurial and employment opportunities.

Follow Samuel here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-suraphel-372761/

Instagram - @mansa_colabs

Website - www.mansacolabs.com.

Are you stumped on why you feel stuck yet again despite all the motivation tips and action planning you've been doing?

Maybe it's because as I always say, "You can only go as far as who you are". And right now you've probably come to the end of this version of yourself and are in need of the new you.

But why? And how?

In this episode you'll learn:

• Why who you are determines what you're able to create
• The three stories you need to unearth and recraft so that can get unstuck and soar into your full creating power

At the end of this jam-packed episode, you'll want to go back and listen again with your pen and notebook.

But for the first time around just sit back and take it all in!

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

What's your personal brand?

Is it a statement? Is it how you self-promote? Is it your image? Or is it what other people say about you?

No.

Your personal brand is none of these things.

In this episode, I'll show you exactly what your personal brand is and how it's already in your life, waiting for you to look at and take notice of it. It'll also become clear to you why even as a professional, having a personal brand is non-negotiable.

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

Curiosity did not kill the cat!

I promise.

You can do this.

You can get back out there to explore and discover new things.

Curiosity has so many gifts to offer, including being the missing spark to your imagination that can help you create something new!

If you've been feeling stuck these days then there's no faster way to get those juices flowing than by reconnecting with this part of yourself.

See the real-life tortoise beat a real hare in a race here - https://youtu.be/m7NuVjpi72c

This episode concludes the 5-part series on the 5Cs of a Creating Maven. These are the 5 key characteristics you'll need in order to truly embrace the identity of a person who is creating with their gifts and getting paid for it.

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

One of the wisest words ever spoken about courage came from Maya Angelou who said "Courage is the most important of the virtues, because without it, no other virtue can be practiced consistently."

In this episode, I tackle this key characteristic that's of critical importance to you as a creating maven.

Without it, you won't have the fuel you need to take the first step in the C.R.E.A.T.E. framework. With it you'll have one of the most important things you need to get paid to be yourself.

Today you'll learn:

• What's a vanishing point and what's it got to do with your courage?
• The surprising connection between courage and clarity

This episode is part 4 of a 5-part series on the 5Cs of a Creating Maven. These are the 5 key characteristics you'll need in order to truly embrace the identity of a person who is creating with their gifts and getting paid for it.

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/