How to Draft From People You Don't Even Know

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Sometimes all you need are a couple examples of people in front of you or a little bit ahead of you in their career where you can actually see and talk to them. And I call it drafting. You imagine you're kind of reducing your own tailwind by riding behind them, like bikers in the Tour de France,. That you can draft from people you don't even know. They just serve as a guiding light of someone who's doing something that's interesting to you.

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How do you satisfy an impulse to build a living around multiple passions and be in constant learning and growth mode, in a work world that keeps pushing you to pick a single passion or skill-set, become an expert and just keep doing that one thing for life?

Jonathan & Jenny offer:

Closing the communication gap with multiple resumes / portfolios
Pitching your varied skillset as an asset and differentiator not a detractor
Is it about the size of the organization or actually the scope of opportunity for growth / learning?
Finding your thriving style instead of trying to ‘fit or pigeon hole’
How to query all the ‘shoulds’
Find your guiding lights, even if you’re not connected with them directly

Concept mentioned: Steven Johnson ‘The adjacent possible’ - quick explainer

In today’s episode we’re in conversation with:

SPARKED BRAINTRUST ADVISOR: Jenny Blake | Website

Jenny is a podcaster, career and business strategist, and an award-winning author of three books: Life After College, the groundbreaking Pivot for navigating what’s next, and her recently published Free Time for optimizing what’s now.

LISTENER: Sarah, Sparketype: Maven/Performer

Today's listener Sarah shares that when she works in less purposeful, single-focused, non-growth-oriented roles she becomes drained and uninspired once the initial novelty has worn off. She wants to reclaim ‘play’ and variety, pursue different passions and she’s fine always learning and not being an established expert in any one domain.

But, Sarah feels like potential employers want to hire people who are committed to one craft and is feeling pressured to pick a path or profession that feels too limiting. And, she’s not alone. So, how do you handle expressing an impulse for many things when the world of work wants you to be one thing?

YOUR HOST: Jonathan Fields

Jonathan is a dad, husband, award-winning author, multi-time founder, executive producer and host of the Good Life Project podcast, and co-host of SPARKED, too! He’s also the creator of an unusual tool that’s helped more than 650,000 people discover what kind of work makes them come alive - the Sparketype® Assessment, and author of the bestselling book, SPARKED.

So what is your Sparketype? Turns out, we all have a unique imprint for work that makes us come alive, this is your Sparketype. When you discover yours, everything, your entire work-life- and even parts of your personal life and relationships - begins to make sense. Until you know yours, you’re kind of fumbling in the dark.

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