Design Yourself Point Road Studios

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
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For show notes visit:
https://pointroadstudios.com/podcast/be-your-own-inner-compass/
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@Sharon Lipovsky
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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:
https://pointroadstudios.com/product/vision-reading/
To connect on Linked In: 
@Sharon Lipovsky
@Point Road Studios 
To connect on Instagram:
@pointroadstudios
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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?

Who you are today is the guide to who you will be tomorrow. What wishes do you have for your future self? What wisdom do you want to be sure to carry with you? In the episode of Design Yourself, we explore questions to inspire Future You.
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To book your 1:1 Vision Reading:
https://pointroadstudios.com/product/vision-reading/
For show notes visit:
https://pointroadstudios.com/podcast/future-you/ 
To connect on Linked In: 
@Sharon Lipovsky
@Point Road Studios 
To connect on Instagram:
@pointroadstudios
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Ideas Shared Reflection Questions What is something you can do right now as a gift to Future You? What does Future You want you to know right now? If you were to sum Future You up in 3 words, what would they be? What advice do you want to give Future You? What has shifted for Future You? How did they make that happen? Resources and Links You Already Have All The Answers by Amanda Deibert

Humans can adapt, but so can systems. What happens when we spend the majority of our time caught focusing on what we have to do…and we don’t focus on what is problematic about the way we do things? In this week’s episode, we challenge the notion you always hold the answer and instead remind listeners that it’s not your fault.
 
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To book your 1:1 Vision Reading:
https://pointroadstudios.com/product/vision-reading/
For show notes visit:
https://pointroadstudios.com/podcast/its-not-your-fault/
To connect on Linked In: 
@Sharon Lipovsky
@Point Road Studios 
To connect on Instagram:
@pointroadstudios
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Resources and Links Real Self-Care by Pooja Lakshmin Yale University’s testing policy announcement and the policy itself

Human beings are interconnected, and we really can accomplish more together. But when it comes to visioning, how do we know what’s ours versus someone else? How can we connect what someone else sees as possible to what we really want? That’s what we get into in today’s Design Yourself episode on Vision Alignment: Tapped for a New Opportunity.
 
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To book your 1:1 Vision Reading:
https://pointroadstudios.com/product/vision-reading/
For show notes visit:
 https://pointroadstudios.com/podcast/tapped-for-a-new-opportunity
To connect on Linked In: 
@Sharon Lipovsky
@Point Road Studios 
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@pointroadstudios
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Ideas Shared The “light” and “shadow” of someone sharing what they see as possible for you. The importance of assessing the relationship you have with the person offering you a new opportunity. 3 steps to evaluate the new opportunity: Listen to understand. Return to center. What do I want? Build the path forward.  Build trust and mutual support in the relationship. Stay clear on your “what,” i.e. what is the next step that you want in your career? Then get clear on “how” to evaluate the role and your ability to learn and grow in alignment with your career objectives and business need.

Productivity is a dead-end pursuit. Our to-dos will always fill whatever space we give it. How can we let go of the habits driving us to do more, better, faster? How can we make time for what matters most?
In this episode of Design Yourself we explore:
Our relationship with time; Examples of how time influenced the daily routines of artists Sylvia Plath and Erik Satie;  Sharon's musings on how urgency and scarcity impact our relationship to how much time we have and how much time we need; Reflection questions to create awareness and alignment on how we each move with and in time. “Productivity is a trap. Becoming more efficient just makes you more rushed, and trying to clear the decks simply makes them fill up again faster. Nobody in the history of humanity has ever achieved “work-life balance,” whatever that might be, and you certainly won’t get there by copying the “six things successful people do before 7:00 a.m.” The day will never arrive when you finally have everything under control—when the flood of emails has been contained; when your to-do lists have stopped getting longer; when you’re meeting all your obligations at work and in your home life; when nobody’s angry with you for missing a deadline or dropping the ball; and when the fully optimized person you’ve become can turn, at long last, to the things life is really supposed to be about. Let’s start by admitting defeat: none of this is ever going to happen. But you know what? That’s excellent news.”
-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks
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To book your 1:1 Vision Reading:
https://pointroadstudios.com/product/vision-reading/
For show notes visit:
https://pointroadstudios.com/podcast/how-to-make-time/ 
To connect on Linked In: 
@Sharon Lipovsky
@Point Road Studios 
To connect on Instagram:
@pointroadstudios
Rate, Review & Subscribe to the podcast on Apple & Spotify
Ideas Shared Reflection Prompts What is your flavor of distraction? What if it’s not time that’s hold you back? What else could it be? What are you wishing for? How might you make that happen in the next month? What else might work to try? What if you let time be? Links and Resources Four Thousand Weeks: Time and How to Use It by Oliver Burkeman And a good summary and review in The Guardian by Tim Adams Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey