How to Feel Significant (again?) | Seth Godin
Good Life Project
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4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Beyond money, what truly matters is meaning and purpose - feeling like your work and life make a difference. Studies show significance is key to satisfaction.
Yet workplaces often keep us from these feelings. Seth Godin explores how to transform work into a source of fulfillment and purpose.
Seth has inspired many through his insights on work culture, leadership and spreading ideas. His latest book, The Song of Significance serves as a manifesto for creating a more human-centric workplace.
We discuss:
- Embracing change as the new normal
- Reimagining the workplace to enroll, empower and trust everyone
- How the past few years have trained us to embrace change
- The importance of taking responsibility for meaningful work
- Rediscovering the value of human connection at work
This is a must-listen for anyone seeking a more purpose-driven approach to work. Seth's book can help transform workplaces and create an environment where everyone can do their best work.
You can find Seth at: Website | Instagram
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| 0:57.4 | When we think about what makes something a good life, a lot of people got confused and |
| 1:02.9 | came to the conclusion that the purpose of life is to enable business, not the other way |
| 1:07.7 | around. It feels to me like this is either an amazing opportunity to reclaim humanity |
| 1:14.1 | and significance and opportunity or we should just pack it in and realize that we are cogs |
| 1:20.0 | in the system irrevocably and there's no way out. |
| 1:26.1 | So beyond money, perks and benefits, what really matters in work and in life? Well it |
| 1:32.6 | turns out when thousands of people were interviewed meaning purpose, the feeling of significance |
| 1:38.6 | like what I do and who I am truly matters is key. But at the same time generations of |
| 1:45.5 | workplace practices and systems and structures have kind of worked to keep us from these |
| 1:50.5 | feelings a lot of the time. Well what if it didn't have to be that way? What if significance |
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