"You might have the knowledge and capacity but you don't have the perspective."

 

How easy do you find it to spend time, money or energy investing in yourself? This week on the show we discuss how difficult we find it to invest in ourselves, as well as the value of different kinds of investments. Share with us your experiences with self-investment on Instagram @pursuitproject_

 

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

02:54 Where does our money, energy and time go?

07:42 Investing in yourself and saying no

14:05 What is an investment?

20:56 Seeing the rewards

25:15 Future investments?

27:19 Goodbye and find us online

 

Theme music: Something Elated / Broke for Free

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Do you often find yourself getting caught up in emotion? Or do you push ahead no matter the day you've had? This week's episode is all about emotion - and how it changes and shapes the way we work in teams, with customers or clients and even with ourselves. Take a photo of your podcast player while you're listening and share it on Instagram! This helps us find out who our listeners are and connect with you so we can journey to be our better selves together.

 

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

02:07 Experiences of emotions in the workplace

05:14 Oversharing and work friends

11:14 Putting on a brave face

13:56 Teams and emotions

18:25 Excitement = quality and other ways to use emotions to optimise productivity

25:31 How do emotions impact personal productivity?

31:25 Goodbye and find us online

 

Show Notes

Atlassian Emotions and Productivity Research

Charli Marie's 'Deep Chats' video on Emotion at Work

 

Theme music: Something Elated / Broke for Free

provided under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

This week our chat is less conceptual and more geeky, as we recap what kind of technology and tools we use to better our lives on a daily basis. We also discuss the battle between technology tech companies and what that may mean for the future of tech. Come visit us on Instagram and share how your tools, tech and systems have changed!

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

04:05 Bronte's technology

10:11 Ngaire's technology

22:35 Quirks of new technology

32:00 The battle of tech

41:42 Goodbye and find us online

Show Notes

HP Spectre Tablet

Microsoft Surface Tablet

Samsung Galaxy 9

IPhone 6

Notion

Charged - a great tech newsletter

Have you ever considered what you could achieve if you get deep focusing on one thing? We explore the concept of 'deep work' this week and how it can be beneficial. We also discuss the realities of employing deep work in the workplace and dream about the ideals for us. Come visit us on Instagram and let us know how you get lots done!

 

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

02:25 What is deep work?

05:06 Notifications and allowing deep work

12:33 Maker and manager days

15:24 Setting up deep work rituals

22:15 Ideal workflows and weekly structure

25:38 Goodbye and find us online

 

Show Notes

Atlassian on team meetings

Ngaire's (Brilliant) Article about Notion

YouTube Channel on Productivity

"I'm excited about the possibilities of the next 6 months"

 

 

This week we set up a philosophy to Never miss a Monday and other true inspiration and life advice. Join us and hear about what we've been experiencing with our goals, what we've learnt on the way and what we hope for the future. As well as reflecting on our goals for the year we chat about what has made things successes and failures, with some tips for potential success. Another big part of the chat is what it means to pivot and why it's important to trust the process. Share your wins and losses with us on social media!

 

 

Time Stamps

00:00 Welcome and bi-yearly win

04:15 The journey from Jan to now

11:13 Just write it down (and read it again)

17:10 Why is it successful?

22:30 General principals for maintaining goals

25:44 How we've grown

27:35 Looking to the future

31:15 Goodbye and find us online

 

Show Notes

Ngaire's Website

Notion

"The more you open yourself up to new experiences the bigger your comfort zone will be."

 

We take a more conceptual route on the podcast this week - tackling the elusive 'comfort zone' we all like to live in. We discuss our relationships with our comfort zones, how others impact this and what it means to maybe seek exploration outside the zone. Join us for an interesting chat that will hopefully encourage you to check out what's outside your comfort zone! If you're listening right now - snap a picture of your podcast player and tag us in your Instagram Stories so we can connect and continue the conversation. 

 

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

03:55 Core personality traits

06:42 Our relationship with comfort

11:36 Seeking to get out

17:45 The impact of those around you

23:58 Saying yes and being alone

28:35 Advice for getting uncomfortable

36:22 Goodbye and find us online

 

Show Notes

Myer Briggs/16 Personalities Test

"You never know what you're gonna get but you know you're gonna leave with a laugh"

 

This week on the podcast we use #relatable analogies to deliver some "helpful but not fun" advice on being disappointed in others and ourselves. We discuss the fear of rejection and disappointment when we take risks for things we want and leave you with some tips for how you can move past it. For quality banter and interesting, thoughtful discussion tune in and join us!

 

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

03:12 Experiences with disappointment 

07:45 Managing expectation to avoid disappointment

16:17 Lasting versus fleeting disappointment

20:12 Letting yourself feel it

25:46 Moving past disappointment 

34:16 Goodbye and find us online

 

*disclaimer* neither ourselves nor any of our friends are serials killers (that we know of).

"We should celebrate other peoples experiences a bit more."

 

The show this week is a bit different to normal, and we bring to the table a variety of different experiences has by women (and men) and discuss our thoughts on where we'd like to see change. In line with the general themes of this podcast we discuss women in the workplace, health education for men and women and the push to remove gender stereotypes from career education. Have some thoughts to share after listening to this episode? We'd love to hear them so shoot us a DM @pursuitproject_ .

 

 

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

04:40 A quick minute on GDPR

06:12 Being a woman in the workplace

12:12 Diverse teams

18:12 Maybe it's not funny

22:26 A little about anatomy

24:15 The general gap in health education

28:50 Generating career interests

35:59 Just let people make their own choices

43:10 Goodbye and find us online

"I've set my standard of work and i strive to meet that with minimal revision"

 

This week Bronte loses her mind because there are so many opposing thoughts she's trying to articulate all at once. Luckily Ngaire is smart and sane so she swoops in to save the day. This week we discuss 'being good enough' and balancing wanting to be perfect. We explore our evolving relationship with striving for excellence and how sometimes embracing 'good enough' is the healthiest and happiest thing to do. 

 

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

06:12 The scale of 'good enough' to 'perfect'

13:08 Challenging our own process

17:35 Prioritizing where you're perfect

 22:17 Being wary of complacency

26:38 Inner acceptance of our achievements

31:26 Goodbye and online

 

 

Show Notes

Just Make The Thing - Podcast

Bronte's Twitter

Ngaire's Twitter

 

Theme music: Something Elated / Broke for Free

provided under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

If you're looking for a comprehensive look at what our content obsessions are currently - you're in luck because that is mainly this weeks topic! As well as looking at what's changed in the past year, we also consider what we're missing and how we can improve our content consumption to better ourselves. Have you changed how you interact with the great content around us and where you get it from? Share with us on Instagram or Twitter! 

 

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

03:08 Current consumption

08:56 Letting go of curation

12:33 What's changed in the content world?

19:47 Are we censoring our experience?

25:11 Room for improvement

27:20 Goodbye and find us online

 

 

Show Notes

Consuming Digital Content - TPP Episode

The Squiz

Bronte's Twitter

Ngaire's Twitter

 

Theme music: Something Elated / Broke for Free

provided under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0