Out Of The Clouds Solo Episode: the one where I talk about my favourite word and Ikigai
In this episode, the first of its kind, host of Out of the Clouds Anne Muhlethaler introduces a solo episode. Unlike the interviews with her varied guests, this is a scripted show, an audio version of the blog post she publishes weekly on her other platform, AVM Consulting (avm.consulting).
Called Looking Forward, the blog is a jumping-off point where Anne explores business, the future of work, and like Out of the Clouds, applying a lens of mindfulness.
In this show, her exploration is at the crossroads of two questions she asks every guest on the podcast: what is your favourite word? and what brings you happiness?
In a moment of procrastination of sorts, she went back to listen to the interview with yoga teacher Chris Magee, whose answer to the final question touched on the Japanese concept of Ikigai. The interview led Anne to a rediscovery of her favourite word - harmony - before exploring musical metaphors and the wonderful leadership advice from conductor Ted Speaker and author Benjamin Zander.
Enjoy!
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Selected links from episode:
MMTCP course on SoundsTrue.com with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield
Ikigai on Wikipedia
Benjamin Zander Ted Talk on Ted.com
One Buttock Playing, the concept explained on BenjaminZander.com
Kate Raworth on Doughnut Economics on the Intelligence Squared podcast
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