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Boredom: Friend or foe? For many of us, boredom is a luxury in our fast-paced lives. While some avoid it at all costs, boredom sparks enormous creativity and productivity. If we surrender to doing nothing, there are many opportunities to be bored in the mundane moments of life. What is your relationship with boredom? What distracts you from being present right where you are? Come explore in this Design Yourself episode how to let yourself be bored.
 
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Ideas Shared Reflection Prompts on Boredom What is your relationship with boredom? Could you embrace the mindset of bored and brilliant? What are habits that are preventing you from boredom? Netflix, early morning scrolling, the impulse to text back/stay on top of emails, etc. What boredom experiments could you design?  What’s one commitment you make today to explore this topic further? Links and Resources Manoush Zomorodi’s book Bored and Brilliant

Demands on our time, attention, and other resources are real. For many of us, our default way of processing stress is to dig in and take action. This action orientation leads to a swirl of activity, which exacerbates the situation. How do we center ourselves in the middle of the storm? In this episode of Design Yourself, we discuss how to get out of the whirlwind.
We cover:
Reasons for the whirlwind What to do to calm the storm How to make the calm a sustainable way of being Stay Connected
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https://pointroadstudios.com/podcast/getting-out-of-the-whirlwind/ 
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@Sharon Lipovsky
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Ideas Shared Reasons for the whirlwind Overwhelm Workplaces stress Not being able to find or connect to your purpose Not believing that you can get out of the whirlwind  What to do to calm the storm Shore up your foundation (e.g. breathe, take breaks, sleep, nurture yourself) Get clear on what you want Draft a believable path to move you from here to there How to make the calm a sustainable way of being Start with a roadmap Build the navigation system Develop a practice of “going beyond” (e.g. checking in on the current state, desired state, and the alignment of your movement on the path) Links and Resources Data shared on workplace stress can be found here For more on the swirl of Sharon’s summer and to explore how to savor this season, listen to this Design Yourself episode from the archives on Bottling Up Summer

Frustrations are a normal part of life, but living in a state of frustration is exhausting. What is at the core of our dissatisfaction? How can we start to shift from this space into something new? That is what we discuss in this Design Yourself episode on transforming complaints.
 In this episode, we discuss:
Why honoring our complaints is a necessary starting point Four moves a complainer can make to transform from complaint to request Why trust is critical is coaching someone else to transform their complaint Ways to build trust and rapport when you are on the receiving end of a complaint  
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https://pointroadstudios.com/podcast/transforming-complaints/ 
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@Sharon Lipovsky
@Point Road Studios 
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Ideas Shared 4 Moves to Transform from Complaint to Request Mindset Shift: Behind every complaint is an unasked request.  Get Clear on What You Want: What might resolve the complaint? Be specific. Start with yourself: Success begets success. What is one thing you can do to start seeing positive momentum? What can you do?  Engage with others: What can others do? Communicate a request with specificity.  Supporting Others to Transform their Complaint Establish a foundation of trust. When you do not trust someone, you will not change their mind. Listen to Understand. Be curious. Ask powerful questions. Summarize What You Heard. Playback what is clear to you now. Stick to neutral, observable facts. Do not step into the role of problem solver or advisor. Be Clear About the Path Forward. Co-create what comes next. If needed, draft a medium/long-term view of what a sketch of what your best thinking is on what will need to occur over time. Be specific about near-term actions.  

Things don’t always go according to plan. And sometimes it’s almost comical just how far off the rail our plans go. What can we learn from these experiences? How can we get back to our goals in a productive way that honors the realities of what we are experiencing? That’s what we discuss in today’s episode on What To Do When Everything Goes Wrong.
 
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https://pointroadstudios.com/podcast/what-to-do-when-everything-goes-wrong/
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@Sharon Lipovsky
@Point Road Studios 
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Ideas Shared What to Do When Everything Goes Wrong Connect to the Story of Growth - not Victimhood Remind Yourself of the Wins Leave space for Going Sideways Remember that Fast is Not the Goal Cultivate the Emotion, Regardless of Outcome Links Shared Design Yourself episode highlighting the Vision Journey

We are all on a path, and obstacles showing up is inevitable. How we respond is not. How do you determine how to move around barriers? Where do you look for guidance? What if you had the confidence to trust your inner wisdom? In today's Design Yourself episode, we explore together how to be your inner compass.
 In this episode, we discuss:
The components of our inner compass (vision, values, guiding principles, guard rails) How to define these components Key strategies for operating with our compass  Stay Connected
To book your 1:1 Vision Reading:
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For show notes visit:
https://pointroadstudios.com/podcast/be-your-own-inner-compass/
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@Sharon Lipovsky
@Point Road Studios 
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Ideas Shared The components of our inner compass
Vision, values, guiding principles, guard rails How to define these parts
Vision - Where are you headed? For the sake of what? Values - What matters to you? Can you distill it into four words? Guiding Principles - What are the operating principles that allow you to move with and towards your vision in alignment with your values? (e.g., We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for. Leadership is a mindset, not a role. It is a priority to be as healthy on the inside as we appear on the outside, i.e., no beautiful, rotten apples.) Guard Rails - What creative constraints serve your roadmap? Key strategies for operating with our compass 
Notice without judgment when you are looking outside or within for answers. Challenge old narratives that are comfortable but don’t work for you. Consult your inner compass and see what resource or combo of resources will guide you.  

Someone asks you if you'd like to join a particular gathering or experience. Quick - how do you respond? Do you think it through? Do you respond in the moment? We all have patterns around how we process decisions and that’s what we get into in today’s episode on Yes Habits.
In this episode, we explore:
Two types of yeses
Methodical Yes
Spontaneous Yes
How our Yes Habits align with different visioning types
Linear Visioning
Magical Visioning
Reflection questions to get you thinking about your Yes Habits
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To book your 1:1 Vision Reading:
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@Sharon Lipovsky
@Point Road Studios 
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Ideas Shared TWO TYPES OF YES Methodical Yes – Taking the time to think through the hows and ifs of a commitment before saying yes.
Spontaneous Yes – Allowing yourself to respond in the moment with a yes, often based on a feeling of values and vision alignment – even if you aren’t sure how it all connects for you.
VISION ALIGNMENT Linear Visioning – A process of laying out a clear pathway of steps for how to bring a vision to life.
Magical Visioning – An intuitive process for moving towards a vision based on what you sense is needed now.
REFLECTION QUESTIONS: COZYING UP TO YOUR YES HABITS What do you notice about your yes habits? Are you more of a methodical or a spontaneous Yeser? Do your circumstances tend to influence how you say yes? (Personal versus professional? The risk assessment? The person posing the opportunity?) Is there a safe, low-risk place where you could stretch yourself to try it a different way? Anything else that you want to remember about yes habits?