An important element of Right Ambition is identifying and aligning your work to your purpose, not necessarily your passion. To help you home in on your own purpose, we offer questions to ponder and tips on how to craft your statement in a way that is personally motivating to you.
Read MoreWhen determining one’s career, people often advise, “Follow your passion.” But is that the right advice? According to research, following your purpose actually leads to higher performance. So, what is the difference between the two, passion and purpose?
Read MorePart of what contributes to achieving Right Success, defining success on your terms, is engaging in activities you enjoy or want to master. That means focusing on activities that create intrinsic motivation, those that are satisfying to you or are worth it to you to put in the hard work to succeed. Identify your intrinsic motivations by conducting a Flow Audit with our tips here.
Read MoreWith Right Aspiration, we talk about being clear on which lane you want to be in right now with regard to your career—the fast, middle, or slow lane. Checking your busy-ness meter builds on this concept. We provide an exercise to focus your efforts by asking yourself, “What is critical for me to work on that will have the most impact?”
Read MoreManaging one’s time and effort to achieve Sustainable Ambition can be the biggest challenge and often needs to become an ongoing practice. And determining one’s priorities is critical to this task and to focusing your attention. But, how does one even determine a true, essential priority? We offer a practice to get you prioritized and focused.
Read MoreIt’s way too easy to get stretched given our work and societal cultures around being busy. Yet, it isn’t sustainable. We run the risk of exhaustion and worse burn out. It’s worth investing some of your precious hours to identify the practices that will work best for you to be most productive and manage your energy to have the most impact with your time. We offer 10 tips to do just that.
Read MoreOne of the P’s for Right Effort is Place, meaning does your work environment support Sustainable Ambition? We provide a perspective to assess your workplace and put forth ideas and actions to take to get closer to Right Success, Right Aspiration, and Right Effort with your current employer.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever had the pleasure of working at an agency or law or consulting firm that bills by time, you know what it’s like to track your time. It can be painful. But, if you want to get a handle on your schedule or make sure you are putting your time to the activities that have the most impact, it’s a great practice, even if you only track for a short time. It will feel laborious, but you will gain insight and power over how you use your time for your benefit and for those around you.
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