014 - Sensemaking for Life and Career, Part 2

In Part Two of this conversation, we look at what’s emerging and changing in our experience of the workplace and career. How can we make sense of and reframe this experience in a way that allows us to let go of rigid structures and free our creativity to look more for the emergent possibilities within a given problem or challenge? It may just turn out that our ability to be in flow and with the way things are changing has a lot to do with the inner frameworks we rely on to navigate our world. Join Aviv Shahar and Ariel Levari as they explore the struggles of the new workplace in an evolving world, with an eye to finding joy in the processes and challenges therein, in Part Two of Sensemaking for Life and Career. KEY TAKEAWAYS 02:16 – Aviv and Ariel continue to share their thoughts on today’s topic: Sensemaking for Life and Career, Part Two04:09 – How do you apply framing skills to control conversations with superiors07:15 – Aviv expounds on the several powers you have over yourself17:23 – Revisiting the Three-Story House framework24:28 – The purpose of developing rituals and best practices for connecting with yourself33:47 – Closing thoughts from Ariel TWEETABLE QUOTES “You need to define the conversation space that you want to develop. If you don’t define what it is you want them to offer you feedback on, they will find something else and take the conversation to whatever appears, for them, as the first opportunity to enter the conversation.” (05:34) (Aviv)“I’m proposing that you need to develop the hydraulics to, inside the workday, build yourself the capacity to work up and down the floors, go down to the ground floor, come back to the second floor, and climb to the third floor.” (21:29) (Aviv)“Sometimes, the best way to connect to yourself is to connect to things outside of yourself. Anything that helps you ascend beyond the confines of your own body, I think, is one of the surest ways to start actually connecting to yourself.” (26:21) (Ariel)“It seems to me that there’s different ways to access that third floor. There’s a way of really being super self-reflective, meditating a lot, creating a conscious path of growth for yourself. There’s also people who exist in this world who have never thought a moment about personal development but who go out into the world and help the world become more alive.” (28:39) (Ariel) RESOURCES MENTIONED Portals of Perception WebsiteAviv’s LinkedIn Aviv’s TwitterAviv’s WebsiteAriel’s LinkedIn