Practical Strategies for Doing Work that Truly Matters / Frances Yllana / Episode

What's the most important tool in your service design toolbox?

No, it's not a fancy piece of software or a groundbreaking methodology.

The most important tool is you.

A bit cheesy? Perhaps. True? Absolutely!

Let me explain.

You're the enabler for all actions leading to positive change. It's easy to overlook the importance of keeping this tool—yourself—in top shape. And you can only deliver your best work when you're healthy and happy.

If you're drained by unfulfilling work or feel your talent is going to waste, all the other tools in your kit won't matter. So, how do we get to a place where we do work that gives us joy and motivates us to get up in the morning?

That's the theme of the conversation with our guest, Frances Yllana.

Frances shares practical ways to align our work with our purpose. And we discuss the importance of prioritizing conscious career development, even in busy times.

As you'll hear, the great thing is we can apply many tools and methods from our own toolbox to achieve this.

This episode is all about making sure you do the work you want to do, not just the work you know how to do. Yes, the stakes are high!

The conversation with Frances inspired me to spend even more time understanding myself—when do I operate best and deliver my most valuable work? There's a lot of power in knowing yourself, so hopefully, it will get you in this mood as well.

Keep making a positive impact.

~ Marc

[ 1. GUIDE 📺 ]
00:00 Welcome to Episode 195
03:30 Who is Frances
04:00 How Frances stumbled on to Service Design
05:30 Lightning Round
08:45 Finding purpose by doing work outside of our work
10:30 What lead to this thinking
14:30 How the purpose translated
18:30 Increasing the chance of clarity
20:30 Insights to figuring out what you should be pursuing
26:30 How we can identify the impact that we are contributing
31:21 A knack for recognizing wins
38:00 Helpful methods to help you find purpose in your work
42:15 Piece of advice

[ 2. LINKS 🔗 ]
* LinkedIn -   / francesy  
* SundayS.cool - https://sundays.cool
* Send a letter of gratitude to someone - https://www.sundays.cool/praise

[ 3. NEXT STEP 💪 ]
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