Sustainable Ambition

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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 11 questions to close out the year and welcome 2023.

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 to capture your reflections and insights (refer to the Resources in the Show Notes).

Here’s to creating space for whatever is needed in the moment and all the possibility that’s calling to you for the new year ahead!

Resources Mentioned

Find the blog post: https://sustainableambition.com/aliving-blog/a-practice-11-questions-to-close-out-the-year-welcome-2023

Get the Google template: https://bit.ly/reflect-2022-2023

I’d love to hear from you! Send me a voice note or a question that might be read and answered here on the podcast! What would you like to hear next year? Go to https://bit.ly/sapodcast-ask

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Today I’m joined again by Al Dea, the founder of Betterwork Labs, an organization focused on helping companies create cultures where their people can thrive. Al is an author, speaker, podcast host, and researcher on workplace trends and talent development.

I had Al back for a second episode so we could go deeper and get Al’s perspective on Sustainable Ambition. I love how Sustainable Ambition takes on different meanings for different people, and Al shares that for him it’s about having the autonomy and agency to define how and where one wants to be ambitious, defining one’s own success. This aligns with the long-term view of Sustainable Ambition that we talk about and managing one’s life and work from decade to decade aligned with their own desires and sense of fulfillment.

In this conversation, we also talk about how the work world historically hasn’t armed people with alternative ways to think about and manage their careers and define their own success, how some companies and thought leaders are innovating to create these new norms, and Al’s counsel for stepping into agency to proactively stay on top of one’s career.

Al - This was another great conversation! Thanks for coming back and sharing your career management wisdom with us.

Resources Mentioned

Find Al on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aldea1/

Better Work Labs: https://betterworklabs.com/

Al’s Podcast, The Edge of Work: https://open.spotify.com/show/3zPq2Q00gcbHCPujpaoFmr

Role Share: https://www.roleshare.com/

You 2.0: The Mind’s Eye with psychologist Emily Balcetis: https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/you-2-0-the-minds-eye/

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In this Sustainable Ambition (SA) Quick Tip, host Kathy Oneto talks about finding purpose in your work and in your life where you are, rather than look for it externally outside of yourself. She also offers a more accessible definition of purpose and provides examples that can broaden our view of what it can mean and how we can achieve it. It just might be easier than we think.

Resources Mentioned

Find Your Purpose article: https://bit.ly/sapurpose

E66 - On Smart Strategies to be Fulfilled at Work with Art Markman: https://sustainableambition.com/sapodcast/66

E60 - On The Success Factor: A Blueprint for High Performance with Ruth Gotian: https://sustainableambition.com/sapodcast/60

FREE New Year Reflection Guide: https://sustainableambition.com/guide

Give the Gift of Sustainable Ambition this Holiday - Our Books Now 20% OFF: https://sustainableambition.com/books

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Today I’m joined by Tara McMullin, a writer, podcaster, and producer, to discuss her new book, “What Works: A Comprehensive Framework to Change the Way We Approach Goal-Setting.” Tara has also studied small business owners for over 13 years. She’s been an inspiration to me, and her wisdom has helped tremendously on my own journey of self-employment, getting me to rethink and figure out what works for me.

Her book is for anyone looking for a new approach to goal-setting, one that you might find better aligned to who you are and more satisfying, while still producing results. In this conversation, we discuss what brought Tara to rethink her approach to goal setting, the importance of examining one’s life and making conscious choices, the power of reframing towards practice and commitments, and why she’s found the new approach much more satisfying while helping her create substantive results.

Tara - I absolutely loved being in conversation with you! And I loved the book and appreciate the perspectives and practices you are offering people to help them live a life and do work that is more in sync with who they are, what they want, and how they want to live in the world. So good!

Resources Mentioned

About Tara and What Works: http://explorewhatworks.com/about/

About the Book: http://explorewhatworks.com/book/

The Website: https://explorewhatworks.com/

The Podcast: https://www.whatworkspodcast.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tara_mcmullin/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/taragentile

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taragentile/

The Passion Paradigm by Lindsay DePalma: https://explorewhatworks.com/the-passion-paradigm/

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Today I’m joined by Jennie Blumenthal, author of the new book, “Corporate Rehab: ditch the hustle culture and thrive again.” After 20 years as an executive in Corporate America, Jennie chose to leave during the pandemic pivot after realizing that she had lost herself and was no longer leading the life she wanted to live.

In this conversation, Jennie shares her career journey and what led her to make her pivot, why it’s easy to fall into hustle culture, how it’s important to step back and re-evaluate and align our values with our work, and how her REHAB methodology can help put people on a more fulfilling path. Where is Jennie on the other side? Having reached her goal of putting more life in her life.

Jennie - thank you so much for being on and sharing your experiences, insights, and REHAB method with us. We champion your personal purpose of helping to heal the C-suite across Corporate America to have a positive impact across all organizational ranks. We’ll be cheering you on as you take each step, one at a time.

Resources Mentioned

Find Jennie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennieblumenthal/

Corporate Rehab: https://www.corporate-rehab.com/

Learn more about the book: https://www.corporate-rehab.com/thebook

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corporaterehab/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennieblu

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Today I’m joined by Todd Cherches, CEO of BigBlueGumball, a NYC-based management consulting firm specializing in leadership development and executive coaching, and author of "VisuaLeadership: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and in Life."

In this conversation, we talk about Todd’s book, the power of visual thinking, and how visual thinking can be applied through visual images, mental models, metaphors, and stories to be more effective in your thinking, decision-making, and communication. Visual thinking can help us lead more powerfully both at work and in life.

Todd - You’ve packed so many useful tools into your book! And, you give more depth of insight in this conversation. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us.

Resources Mentioned

Find Todd: https://www.toddcherches.com/

Get the Book: https://www.toddcherches.com/book

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddcherches/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/toddcherches

Todd’s article, “Can You Draw What Your Company Does?”: https://www.inc.com/todd-cherches/can-you-draw-what-your-company-does.html

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Are you a hybrid or remote worker? And, did you know that in today’s remote and hybrid work environments that many of us are feeling disconnected from each other?

- 72% of employees say they aren’t able to socialize enough when they’re remote (Workplace Intelligence)

- 60% of remote workers say WFH (working from home) makes them feel less connected to their colleagues (Pew Research)

That’s a problem. Why? Because having friends, relationships, and a community at work has huge benefits! That means each of us needs to be proactive in making connections and friendships at work.

In this Sustainable Ambition (SA) Quick Tip, host Kathy Oneto talks about all the benefits and offers tips on how to double down on building your work relationships.

The Takeaway: If we choose or have to work from home, over-invest in building relationships.

The Action: What’s one action you’ll take today to start or deepen a relationship at work?

Resources Mentioned

I’d love to hear from you! Send me a voice note or a question that might be read and answered here on the podcast! Go to https://bit.ly/sapodcast-ask

Laura Vanderkam Research: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/opinion/burnout-quiet-quitting.html

Adam Grant on Give and Take: https://adamgrant.net/book/give-and-take/

Create a networking Strategy by Michelle Warner: https://www.themichellewarner.com/networkingthatpays

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Today I’m joined by Luis Velasquez, an expert in resilience. Luis is an Executive Coach, Stanford University facilitator, and an HBR Ascent contributor. He is also an avid endurance athlete and a brain tumor survivor.

In our conversation, we dig into the definition of and Luis’s equation for resilience, which = Commitment + Persistence x Optimism. We hear core themes of what resilience truly looks like through Luis sharing his own personal experiences from his childhood in Guatemala to surviving a brain tumor to completing endurance events. What comes through is that resilience isn’t a superpower. Sure, resilience might start as being about survival, but Luis notes that it is really about adapting and thriving. He also believes that we are all already resilient. We just need to unlock it and take the next step.

Luis - It was wonderful to have you on! I appreciated hearing your personal journey and lessons on resilience, as well as how you are shaping what Sustainable Ambition can really look like through your own life and work choices.

Resources Mentioned

Learn more about Luis: https://www.velascoaching.com/luis-velasquez/

Find Luis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/velasquezluis/

Find Luis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Luis1_velasquez

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In this episode, I’m happy to be joined by my business school classmate, Mike Trigg. Mike has worked for twenty-five years in Silicon Valley as a founder, executive, and investor in dozens of venture-funded technology start-ups. And now he’s turned his attention to creative pursuits, having just published his first novel, a corporate thriller called “Bit Flip.”

In this fun conversation where Mike and I talk about the book, we discuss what it’s like to have an entrepreneurial career in tech, the role of ambition in Silicon Valley and how it plays a central role in the book, the shifting view of the tech industry today, and how an unbridled and over-abundance of ambition is resulting in negative impacts in our world. The book is meant to be a cultural critique and to get people thinking. Mike wanted “Bit Flip” to “be a cautionary tale for people coming to Silicon Valley embarking on their careers to say, ‘I need to keep this in balance. I need to do this in a way that is sustainable, not just for two years of doing a startup but for the 40 years of my career.’”

I encourage you to pick up the book for a fun, energetic read that will make you reflect on your own ambitions.

Mike - I loved this conversation! Congratulations on the book and can’t wait to read the next one!

Resources Mentioned

Find Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/triggmike/

Learn more about Bit Flip and Book #2 in the works!: https://www.miketrigg.com/books

Get the book, Bit Flip: https://www.amazon.com/Bit-Flip-Novel-Mike-Trigg-ebook/dp/B09NPTXQK8/

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This episode builds on the series that kicked off the year on planning and living a more sustainable+ambitious year. Kathy Oneto, founder of Sustainable Ambition, is back with Part 2 of the Q3 Review to now focus on Q4 planning.

Here she talks about dialing in your ambitions for the end of the year, creating a sustaining plan to avoid the end-of-year crush, and has you focus, despite her own resistance, to looking ahead to 2023 to make initial plans for making it all more sustainable if you expect the fourth quarter to be demanding.

A reminder that E79 and this episode are good ones to do while out on a walk or making time for quiet reflection. You’ll likely want to pause the episode, think, take notes, and then hit play again. Have your notes app ready or have a journal nearby!

Here’s to an ambitious, sustainable, and joyful end to the year!

Resources Mentioned

I’d love to hear from you! Send me a voice note or a question that might be read and answered here on the podcast! Go to https://bit.ly/sapodcast-ask

Learn more about the Sustainable Ambition 12-Month Workbook+Planner: Your Life+Work Resilience Rx: https://sustainableambition.com/books/#workbookplanner

Polarity Management by Cultivating Leadership & Jennifer Garvey Berger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyuFr4gTzjU

“The Thinking Mindset vs. The Doing Mindset: Pick One (And Only One)” by Art Markman: https://99u.adobe.com/articles/7240/the-thinking-mindset-vs-the-doing-mindset-pick-one-and-only-one

E52: On Setting Your Own Pace with Kathy Oneto: https://sustainableambition.com/sapodcast/52

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