Career Ingenuity Series
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Meaningful Work
Finding flow, leveraging your strengths, aligning actions with values, envisioning future states, the predictive brain. Focus, Attention & Performance The brain's "Goldilocks" zone, alternatives to multitasking, the movement connection, practices to hone attention. Elements of Motivation Why carrot & stick doesn't work, autonomy, mastery, purpose, skills vs. challenge in the "flow" channel. Breaking through Blocks to Creativity Brain as a pattern making machine, the biology of threat states, beginners mind, seeing vs. looking. Emotional Intelligence Performance metrics, neuroplasticity, self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, social interactions. Communicating with Others Positivity ratio, cultivating empathy, reflecting/looping/dipping, identifying conflict escalators, navigating difficult conversations. Managing Workplace Stress Brain-body connection, managing triggers, stress reactivity, acute vs. chronic stress, healthy responses, practices for rewiring the brain. Career Resilience Shifting focus, cultivating a growth mindset, emerging through set-backs, creating optimism, self-compassion. The Happiness Equation Gratitude, optimism, avoiding social comparison, kindness, social connection, forgiveness, savoring, connection - and the research behind it. Why Kindness, Empathy & Compassion Matter to Your Career Positive and negative emotions in the workplace, emotional contagion, what's going on in the brain, in-group/out-group bias, inclusion. |