Jeanne Male

Hi, Dawn! There are so many aspects of your story that are worth comment so I’ll just focus on a few: 1. Clearly you are not risk averse. 2. Your wide ranging interests likely fueled your ability to reinvent yourself and served you well. 3. The big takeaway for me was your last line. The lesson I see is that only in stretching yourself can you truly build confidence and perhaps self-actualize . Dawn, I’m grateful to you for taking the time to share and encourage other JobLife Architects. ... See all content Hide content

1 day, 5 hours ago onWordpress in joblifearchitect.com

Time and again I have seen how corporate brainwashing backfires. HR recruiters unwittingly create uncoachable PrimaDonnas when employees begin to believe “we only hire the best”.

4 days, 8 hours ago onWordpress in hrringleader.com

Chuck, my spirit was exuberant and my head was nodding as I read this passage:

“Wealth is simply the ability to choose what to do with my time. We need to figure out how to become wealthy, not rich (riches=money).” …having more money, if it didn’t create a better lifestyle for her, would not solve anything.”

Another symptom of our “Afflu-enza” or the success=money mind meme (discussed in my last blog post)are business owners who boast about their gross earnings – big numbers that tell us little about the health of the business. You’ve done it again – while identifying net profit targets is just good business practice…identifying a corporate and individual “Freedom Number” is brilliant. ... See all content Hide content

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Submitted on 2010/03/04 at 11:47am

Chuck,

Wow, thanks for sharing your experience of those living in joy in Nairobi. It is strikingly similar to what my husband and I experienced while on an awards trip to Costa Rica. While on an air-conditioned bus going through a village (of dirt-floor, no windows/door huts)we overheard a couple complaining about the breakfast banquet that was served at the resort that morning. As we looked out the window, the sun was shining, children were playing and laughing, people were walking the dirt streets smiling or romping with dogs…there was a contagious air of joy outside. Inside it was cool, the couple droned on now complaining about the free mango juice, the spirit inside the bus felt increasingly heavy, sullen and bored. We were overwhelmed by the fact that those we would consider poor were clearly happier than most of the people on the bus. ... See all content Hide content

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Randall,

Thank you…looking inward is exactly what this series is about. Most of us are so busy each day that we don’t take the time for introspection. We plug in to the television, telephone, twitter and other media sources where we are barraged by other people’s ideas and values. When we hear/see the same message enough times (when it has gone viral) we stop questioning its veracity . The sad result of not questioning and looking inward, as you said, “then people are misled, and end up feeling empty when we have our “success”. ... See all content Hide content

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Kathleen:

My mind was nodding and my heart was clapping as I read your comments – they helped to crystallize the message. Thank you! When our self-esteem and self-confidence about proving self-worth, we can never live up, even when we are achieving worldly success. You said it so well, “while no doubt still in progress, is often non-verbal and expressed by an inner hurrah from my heart!” Thank you so much for sharing your experience and wisdom.

Hi, Joanna:

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to comment! I have a post in the hopper about how our ideas of success morph throughout our life stages so I grinned as I read your words. If by saying, “coming out of hiding” you mean being more transparent or fully authentic, then I’m with you!! See the “Are You Normal” series about fitting-in vs. being true to ourselves. Seems that we may be on the same wavelength. I would also love to hear more about your book and you – I’ll check your link. ... See all content Hide content

1 month, 1 week ago onWordpress in joblifearchitect.com

Tom, I’m grateful that you took the time to comment. I know that the questions that I pose are intended as a call to self-reflection and as such, don’t lend themselves to commentary. However, I am very interested in knowing whether the post resonates and motivates others to do the work. I’m delighted that it has helped you to expand your thoughts on the topic and I look forward to reading your previous post. ... See all content Hide content

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Rosa, this is brilliant and should be mandatory reading for leaders, corporate succession planning, entrepreneurs, and solopreneurs. I’m never one to put my head in the sand, yet your words have served as a shake-up and wake-up call! I’ll be sure to read this post over to let it land on terra firma to take root. Forgive my mixed metaphors but I must share that throughout my initial read , you took me on a roller coaster ride of fear and amusement about my inattention to something so very important. Thank you!

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1 month, 1 week ago onWordpress in talkingstory.org

Thanks for making us think and delve a little more deeply into this topic, Steve. Connie, your comments had me nodding my head in agreement.

As a person who has been described as, “never met a stranger”, it’s true that I am quite open when approached, simply because I love people… but I’ve always felt uncomfortable in formal networking or cocktail party events . Those events feel strained (or even predatory) and can be off-putting to me simply because I want to connect with individuals in a genuine way. A potential downside is that it limits my opportunities to find “my right people”. The upside is that I have a small, long-standing (10 – 25 year) and loyal inner circle.

One of the great things about SM is that I can join an existing conversation in a way that automatically invites me in without the physical barriers, feeling intrusive, or the animal dance of sizing one another up. Twitter, in particular, has allowed me to expand my acquaintances offering a bigger pool of people that may become friends or eventually, inner circle intimates.

P.S. – Yes, a dashboard to aggregate and differentiate the circles would be great! Are you hatching a plan? ... See all content Hide content

1 month, 1 week ago onWordpress in brandimpact.wordpress.com

Karen, loved this passage: “It is impossible to engage a community when you have not been able to engage your own people.” Wow, I’ve been beating the employee engagement drum and people assume it’s all warm and fuzzy – you have just made an excellent business case. Two big issues jumped out:

1. Employee engagement and corporate silos: Great two-way communication and engagement would have helped the EVP’s initiative spread throughout the organization. I strongly suspect that it was a ‘nice-to’ top-down mandate that started and stopped there.

2. Lumbering giant arrogance: Your comment about corporate arrogance is a key factor in the illusion/delusion of a case study in failure. Goliath feels no need to keep an ear to the ground to hear what’s coming – and inevitably, it’s David. ... See all content Hide content

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