1 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the New Corner Office, 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: the podcast where we share strategies for thriving in the 3 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: new world of work, where location and hours are more 4 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: flexible than in the past. Today's tip is to make 5 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: a work bucket list. This is a list of professional 6 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: experiences you'd like to have sometime during your career. Coming 7 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: up with such a list can help you dream big 8 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: and see possibilities. Long time listeners have probably heard me 9 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 1: suggest making a list of a hundred dreams. This exercise 10 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: comes from career coach Caroline Sneeza Levine. It is a 11 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 1: completely unedited list of anything you'd like to do in life. 12 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: Go to New Zealand, publish a book, learn to speak Spanish, 13 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: make a perfect sefla, read all the works of Tony Morrison. 14 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: Pay off your mortgage before you turn fifty. As you 15 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 1: make the list, you learn about what you like, and 16 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: as you try things, you learn what you might be 17 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: good at and what you'd like to spend more time doing. 18 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: I love this idea, but when I have groups start 19 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: making a list of a hundred dreams and workshops, I've 20 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: noticed something. The work category is often a wee bit 21 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: sparse and it makes sense. The first things we think 22 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: about tend to be personal or family, like seeing the 23 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 1: Eiffel Tower or running a marathon. The list of a 24 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 1: hundred dreams is about things we want to spend more 25 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,199 Speaker 1: time doing, and many people do not want to spend 26 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: more time at work. That said, there are always things 27 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: within the category of work that we do want to 28 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: spend more time doing. Creating a work bucket list can 29 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: nudge just to spend some time thinking about those things 30 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: and not just about that vacation to Hawaii that we 31 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: want to take. So today, get started on that work 32 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: bucket list. You can start with jobs you'd potentially like 33 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: to have in your organization, in another organization, as a 34 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: part time gig, or in a completely different industry. Don't 35 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: censor yourself, because this is where things get fun. Think 36 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: about organizations you might like to work for or with 37 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 1: ones you admire or that seem like they have an 38 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: amazing culture or great perks. Then think about people you'd 39 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: like to work with. Feel free to list celebrities if 40 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: you want to, mean why not, and then also list 41 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: people like your Jim buddy that you joke with about 42 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 1: starting a business together. Maybe it's not such a joke, 43 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: and wouldn't that be fun? Then think broadly, not just 44 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: about what would go on your resume, but about work 45 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: experiences you'd like to have. Maybe you want to manage 46 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: people or lead a company. Maybe you want to start 47 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: your own business. Maybe you want to work somewhere with 48 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: a casual dress code. You might want to be part 49 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: of a strategic planning process, or an expansion to a 50 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: new city, or hiring a large number of new people, 51 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: or launching a new product. Anything is fair game. Write 52 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: it down. If you have an accountability partner, you might 53 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: share your professional bucket list with this person. You might 54 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: also share it with anyone else who you know will 55 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: be excited and not critical. But you also don't have 56 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: to share it if you don't want to. The point 57 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: is to articulate these ideas for yourself. Not all will happen, 58 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: and not all that you try will work out. You 59 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: might learn after running a conference that you don't like 60 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: running conferences. This is good to know. You won't waste 61 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: time telling yourself in the future that you should seek 62 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: out such opportunities. But some stuff might stick. You might 63 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: learn that you have a knack for hiring really great people. 64 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: You might discover a talent for writing, or get yourself 65 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: fired up to send your resume into that company you 66 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: keep wondering about. And who knows, maybe you will do 67 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: a project with one of those celebrities that you mentioned. 68 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 1: There are all kinds of opportunities in this world. Creating 69 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: a work bucket list can help us identify the ones 70 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: we are interested in and seek them out too. If 71 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: you create a work bucket list, I'd love to hear 72 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: about it. You can write me at Laura at Laura 73 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 1: vander Kim dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura. 74 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to succeeding in the New 75 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: Corner Office. The New Corner Office is a production of 76 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio. For more podcasts, visit the i Heart 77 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 1: Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your favorite shows.