This book offers a simple yet powerful model, the 'Good Life Buckets,' which helps readers cultivate vitality, connection, and contribution. It combines science, spirituality, and personal stories to guide readers in reclaiming their lives over a 30-day period. The book emphasizes the importance of daily practices to maintain balance across these areas.
Sparked helps you identify your Sparketype, the DNA-level driver of work that makes you come alive. The book draws on extensive research and data to provide insights into what sparks and drains you, offering practical steps to transform your work and life. It includes real-world stories and case studies to guide you in finding meaningful work.
In 'Career Renegade', Jonathan Fields provides a blueprint for transforming passions into successful businesses. The book explores unconventional paths to monetize one's interests, focusing on areas like information, education, products, community, and delivery. It offers practical advice and inspiring case studies to help readers create fulfilling careers that align with their passions.
In this book, David Epstein examines the success of generalists in various fields, including sports, arts, music, invention, forecasting, and science. He argues that generalists, who often find their path late and juggle multiple interests, are more creative, agile, and able to make connections that specialists cannot. Epstein uses stories and research studies to show that wide sampling and late specialization can be more valuable than early specialization, especially in complex and unpredictable environments. He also discusses the distinction between 'kind' and 'wicked' learning environments and the importance of balancing specialization with range for long-term success[2][4][5].
What am I here to do? What should I do with my life? What is my purpose?
Today’s guest has devoted his life to helping people answer these important questions.
Meet Jonathan Fields.
Author of many a bestselling book, including How to Live a Good Life, Uncertainty, and Career Renegade, he’s the man behind the wonderful Good Life Project podcast and community, a sought after public speaker, father, and a dear friend and personal mentor of mine. He’s been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, FastCompany, Inc., Entrepreneur, Forbes, and USA Today, just to name a few.
Making his third appearance on the show, today Jonathan joins me in the studio to share his unique core belief and perspective, which is that everyone has an innate imprint for a certain type of work—work that makes you come alive. After many years of deep thought and research, he’s divined an evidence-based method for helping others discover meaningful careers, which is explored more deeply in his fascinating new book Sparked.
This exchange is essentially an excavation of the self.
We grapple with big life questions, break down the components of meaningful work, and what it takes to not just find, but create a fulfilling career. We also dive deep into Sparktypes, which is essentially the social psychology version of Human Design or the Enneagram. After surveying over 500,000 people and accruing 2.5 million data points, Jonathan has created a system to help you better understand your needs when it comes to finding purpose in your professional life. You can take the free quiz at sparketype.com.
I love Jonathan’s focus on process over results. His emphasis on the journey over the destination. His deep understanding that authenticity is everything. My hope is that our conversation guides you towards work that suits you, fits your unique blueprint, motivates you, excites you, and fills you with purpose. Work that sparks you, and ultimately sets you on a trajectory to a life marked with more meaning, flow, and joy.
To read more click here. You can also watch listen to our exchange on YouTube. And as always, the podcast streams wild and free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
I adore this beautiful man for reasons you will soon discover.
Enjoy!
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