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Welcome to the Self-Helpful Podcast.

I'm Kevin Miller and this is the podcast people tune into for in-depth discussions

on the latest research from our foremost leaders in self-improvement

so you can be growing and more equipped to live at your fullest capacity in body, mind, and soul.

In this episode I'm back with Wendy K. Smith, an expert on organizational paradoxes

and co-author of both and thinking, embracing creative tensions to solve your toughest problems.

That's what we went through in episode 1051.

Today we're walking through Wendy's personal values, motives, and habits in the key areas of life fulfillment.

So we can hear what is driven and does drive her to help us avoid the pitfalls and anxiety of either or thinking.

And what she does to design a life that fulfills her, which of course includes holding a lot of tensions of both and thinking.

Some highlights, she shares her Jewish upbringing and some rabbis, some influence of rabbis

who advocated ongoing conversations where Wendy's sites they rarely came up with conclusive answers,

which of course is highly relatable to her topic of holding the tensions of paradox,

where it's not just black and white right and wrong.

She discusses the obvious tensions most of us have with work and family.

Her health and wellness goals center around what will help her, as she quotes, show up in the world in the most productive way.

I really, really like that and we talked more about that.

For her career, a perspective she tries, strives for is it's not about making the right decision, but about making the decision right.

Again, another perspective that really meant a lot to me.

And even though she's just had her book come out and is more than ever, a sought after speaker,

when I asked her about achievements, she says, as of late, best one was witnessing the emotional intelligence and empathy from her 10-year-old child.

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