Can digital work bring the same satisfaction as traditional craftsmanship? Explore how modern professionals find meaning and mastery in an age of pixels and data.The Gap Between Dreams and your Day Job: A Craftsman's Perspective
The words "calling," "mission," and "goal" were great buzzwords to get us to enroll in college, but on the other side of graduation, sitting at a desk on week-sixteen of the new job, they can serve as painful reminders of how far away we are from "purposeful" work.
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Ep. 3 - Earning the Trust to Improvise
Today we’re talking about the importance of improvisation in your career, how it interfaces with trust, and how to position yourself to use your creativity. My guest is Phil Lofton – he’s an author and musician, whose band - Public Universal Friend - just released their second album, Chrysalis. He’s also a researcher in Patient Experience with a healthtech organization. If you’re seeking more creativity, or trying to build autonomy, or trying to balance the 9 to 5 with artistic pursuits – this conversation is for you.
Show Notes:
Porch Light Collective: https://medium.com/porch-light-collective
Public Universal Friend: https://publicuniversalfriend.band/
Søren Kierkegaard - “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards”
Toni Morrison - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Morrison
Nick Cave - https://www.nickcave.com/
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Ep. 2 - What is Vocation?
What is Vocation? Does it mean job, does it mean role, does it mean…something else? My guest today is Dan Johnson – is a professional career coach founder of Vocation Allies. He helps bring clarity to this word, and in our conversation today we dive in deeper to why vocation matters, discuss the concept of work-life balance, and end with some thoughts on how a career coach serves the role of thought partnership.
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