28. On Where Did My Ambition Go? with Kathy Oneto (A Solo Episode)
Overview
Are you like me and wondering this summer, “Where did my ambition go?!” Ugh. Perhaps we are still in the pandemic’s “languishing” fog, as Adam Grant brought to our attention earlier this year. Some of us may simply be exhausted and need to restore ourselves. Or, maybe life is rightly pulling your attention towards other pressing personal matters.
And yet, there can be other reasons why our ambition might wane. In this solo episode, host Kathy Oneto offers tips on ways to help find your way back to your ambition and flourishing.
This might be a perfect way to focus a bit of attention at the end of summer to help you find renewed energy as you enter the Fall season.
Topics Covered
Kathy discusses, “Where did my ambition go?” Or, are we all just still languishing or simply exhausted?
It is summer, so perhaps we all just need to chill out and give ourselves permission to not push all the time. Yes, even ambitious people need a break! Likely it’s ambitious people that even more so need to carve out time for renewal and building resilience stores.
What is ambition and why would it wane?
Two reasons that Kathy delves more deeply into are that: 1) you may find yourself at a plateau, and 2) you may need renewed energy and connection.
She discusses these tips to find your way back to your ambition and flourishing:
Give yourself space for that next calling to show up or to get into flow.
Allow yourself to play and experiment. Create your own R&D.
Give yourself something to look forward to and make small progress. What’s your 1% better each day.
Have resolve, but accept what is.
Find connection.
This might be a perfect way to focus a bit of attention at the end of summer to help you find renewed energy as you enter the Fall season.
Resources Mentioned
Article - “How to shift from languishing to flourishing: Q&A with Adam Grant:” https://blog.asana.com/2021/07/languishing-flourishing/
Article by Anne Helen Petersen - “You're Still Exhausted:”
Episode #20 “On Creating Space & What will Sustain You:” https://sustainableambition.com/sapodcast/20
Episode #24 “On Cutting Back on Demands & Expectations:” https://sustainableambition.com/sapodcast/24
Article by Adam Grant - “There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing” - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html
TED Talk from Diane Allen, “How to find "flow" (and lose yourself in it:” https://www.ted.com/talks/diane_allen_how_to_find_flow_and_lose_yourself_in_it
Jessica Abel, the founder of The Autonomous Creative founder on the What Works podcast: https://explorewhatworks.com/carving-out-space-for-creative-work-jessica-abel/
James Clear and get 1% better - https://jamesclear.com/continuous-improvement
Jim Collins and the Stockdale Paradox: https://www.jimcollins.com/media_topics/TheStockdaleParadox.html
Episode #25 with Philip VanDusen, “On Burnout, Focus, & Gaining Confidence in Networks with Philip VanDusen:” https://sustainableambition.com/sapodcast/25
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28. On Where Did My Ambition Go? with Kathy Oneto (A Solo Episode)
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