WEBVTT - The New Corner Office: Create a work bucket list

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the New Corner Office,

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast where we share strategies for thriving in the

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<v Speaker 1>new world of work, where location and hours are more

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<v Speaker 1>flexible than in the past. Today's tip is to make

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<v Speaker 1>a work bucket list. This is a list of professional

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<v Speaker 1>experiences you'd like to have sometime during your career. Coming

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<v Speaker 1>up with such a list can help you dream big

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<v Speaker 1>and see possibilities. Long time listeners have probably heard me

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<v Speaker 1>suggest making a list of a hundred dreams. This exercise

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<v Speaker 1>comes from career coach Caroline Sneeza Levine. It is a

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<v Speaker 1>completely unedited list of anything you'd like to do in life.

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<v Speaker 1>Go to New Zealand, publish a book, learn to speak Spanish,

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<v Speaker 1>make a perfect sefla, read all the works of Tony Morrison.

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<v Speaker 1>Pay off your mortgage before you turn fifty. As you

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<v Speaker 1>make the list, you learn about what you like, and

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<v Speaker 1>as you try things, you learn what you might be

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<v Speaker 1>good at and what you'd like to spend more time doing.

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<v Speaker 1>I love this idea, but when I have groups start

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<v Speaker 1>making a list of a hundred dreams and workshops, I've

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<v Speaker 1>noticed something. The work category is often a wee bit

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<v Speaker 1>sparse and it makes sense. The first things we think

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<v Speaker 1>about tend to be personal or family, like seeing the

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<v Speaker 1>Eiffel Tower or running a marathon. The list of a

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<v Speaker 1>hundred dreams is about things we want to spend more

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<v Speaker 1>time doing, and many people do not want to spend

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<v Speaker 1>more time at work. That said, there are always things

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<v Speaker 1>within the category of work that we do want to

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<v Speaker 1>spend more time doing. Creating a work bucket list can

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<v Speaker 1>nudge just to spend some time thinking about those things

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<v Speaker 1>and not just about that vacation to Hawaii that we

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<v Speaker 1>want to take. So today, get started on that work

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<v Speaker 1>bucket list. You can start with jobs you'd potentially like

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<v Speaker 1>to have in your organization, in another organization, as a

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<v Speaker 1>part time gig, or in a completely different industry. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>censor yourself, because this is where things get fun. Think

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<v Speaker 1>about organizations you might like to work for or with

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<v Speaker 1>ones you admire or that seem like they have an

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<v Speaker 1>amazing culture or great perks. Then think about people you'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to work with. Feel free to list celebrities if

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<v Speaker 1>you want to, mean why not, and then also list

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<v Speaker 1>people like your Jim buddy that you joke with about

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<v Speaker 1>starting a business together. Maybe it's not such a joke,

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<v Speaker 1>and wouldn't that be fun? Then think broadly, not just

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<v Speaker 1>about what would go on your resume, but about work

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<v Speaker 1>experiences you'd like to have. Maybe you want to manage

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<v Speaker 1>people or lead a company. Maybe you want to start

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<v Speaker 1>your own business. Maybe you want to work somewhere with

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<v Speaker 1>a casual dress code. You might want to be part

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<v Speaker 1>of a strategic planning process, or an expansion to a

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<v Speaker 1>new city, or hiring a large number of new people,

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<v Speaker 1>or launching a new product. Anything is fair game. Write

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<v Speaker 1>it down. If you have an accountability partner, you might

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<v Speaker 1>share your professional bucket list with this person. You might

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<v Speaker 1>also share it with anyone else who you know will

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<v Speaker 1>be excited and not critical. But you also don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to share it if you don't want to. The point

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<v Speaker 1>is to articulate these ideas for yourself. Not all will happen,

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<v Speaker 1>and not all that you try will work out. You

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<v Speaker 1>might learn after running a conference that you don't like

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<v Speaker 1>running conferences. This is good to know. You won't waste

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<v Speaker 1>time telling yourself in the future that you should seek

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<v Speaker 1>out such opportunities. But some stuff might stick. You might

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<v Speaker 1>learn that you have a knack for hiring really great people.

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<v Speaker 1>You might discover a talent for writing, or get yourself

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<v Speaker 1>fired up to send your resume into that company you

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<v Speaker 1>keep wondering about. And who knows, maybe you will do

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<v Speaker 1>a project with one of those celebrities that you mentioned.

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<v Speaker 1>There are all kinds of opportunities in this world. Creating

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<v Speaker 1>a work bucket list can help us identify the ones

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<v Speaker 1>we are interested in and seek them out too. If

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<v Speaker 1>you create a work bucket list, I'd love to hear

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<v Speaker 1>about it. You can write me at Laura at Laura

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<v Speaker 1>vander Kim dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to succeeding in the New

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