July 2018 - Don't Stop Us Now

How to Breathe Easy About Your Purpose

July 30, 2018August 20, 2018
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Welcome to our second ‘How To’ episode!

This is where we choose a common theme or challenge raised in previous episodes and unpeel the topic a little bit more to give you some really practical and actionable tips and tools to try out for yourself.

This week’s episode is all about Purpose, how to think about it (and how not to!) and how to go about finding your own authentic Purpose.

You’ll hear Claire and Greta and a number of our guests talk about purpose in their lives and the really different ways we can all go about finding our own Purpose.

Hear and learn:

Why you should never worry or feel inadequate about where you are at on your Purpose journey
The different ways Purpose can reveal itself and there’s not one ‘right’ way
The journey one guest went on to literally visualise her Purpose
Whether your Purpose can change or not
Plus, a number of tips and tools for you to try

Enjoy this episode! And don’t forget to check out all the cool resources below …

A video by Professor Jennifer Aaker from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, explaining how what makes us happy changes over time.

Question Journey

Via Character Strengths – free online self assessment taken by more than 6 million people

Books we love on this topic

Flourish by Martin Seligman

How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton M Christensen

The Element – How Finding your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson

Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor Frankl

Find your Why by Simon Sinek

Start with Why by Simon Sinek (about leadership and organisational purpose)

Ikigai – The Japanese secret to a long and happy life by Hector Garcia

Photo credit (top image): Samuel Scrimshaw, UnSplash

Here’s another video from Jennifer Aaker’s research on why Purpose is important

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Interview

Heidi Hackemer – Nothing To It But To Do…

July 16, 2018July 18, 2018
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Our guest today is the extraordinary Heidi Hackemer who is VP of Engagement at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative…that’s the billion dollar philanthropic foundation founded by Pediatrician and Education advocate Priscilla Chan and, her husband, Facebook’s co founder, Mark Zuckerberg.

We first heard about Heidi as a leading creative thinker and someone who had founded a unique and highly regarded brand strategy agency in New York. But then we realised how that was just the tip of the iceberg.

In today’s episode you’ll hear:

Why she walked away from her prestigious role in advertising to drop out and drive around America on her own for two years.
How differently she thought about her career when she was in her 20’s vs her 30s.
How she built a business from the ground up to optimise creativity
And her passionate reaction to the stereotypes women are expected to subscribe to, especially the assumption that every woman must want to be a mother. You’ll hear how Heidi has dealt with this big life question.

We really loved this conversation and know you will too.

So please enjoy this episode with the gutsy, creative and refreshingly frank Heidi Hackemer.

Here are a few links of interest:

Wolf & Wilhelmine website

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Interview

Lindley Edwards – Wisdom to Live & Work By

July 3, 2018April 25, 2020
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We’re super excited to share this conversation with Lindley Edwards with you.

Lindley started her career working for one of Australia’s most renowned investment banks, Macquarie Bank, and then found a love of Asia when she took on a VP role with Citibank.

Today, Lindley runs a corporate advisory business called AFG Venture Group which specialises in cross-border investments and transactions, particularly between Asia & Australia. She’s also Chairperson for two startups and a Non-Executive Director of a Think Tank called AsiaLink.

We love the fact that Lindley is definitely not your normal investment banker… we don’t know anyone else who uses philosophy, poetry, biology, and cross-cultural intelligence as their foundation for thinking about business and disruption.

In this episode you’ll hear Lindley share her wisdom about: