The Four Agreements is a self-help book that provides a practical guide to personal freedom based on ancient Toltec wisdom. The book introduces four simple yet powerful agreements: Be impeccable with your word, Don’t take anything personally, Don’t make assumptions, and Always do your best. These agreements are designed to help readers break free from self-limiting beliefs, avoid unnecessary suffering, and achieve a happier and more fulfilling life. The book has been widely acclaimed and has become a New York Times bestseller for over a decade, translated into 53 languages worldwide.
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In this week’s podcast, we discover how to soar into your individual or collective purpose at work with four simple but powerful questions to help us navigate uncertainty.
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You’ll Learn:
- [02:51] - Jackie shares why purpose is so powerful in moments when work and life feel chaotic.
- [05:31] - Jackie explains how an appreciative inquiry approach can help us to discover the best of what is and what is possible to surface our purpose.
- [07:45] - Jackie gives us four simple questions to help us SOAR into our purpose.
- [11:08] - Jackie shares an example of how the four SOAR questions can be used to surface your what and why.
- [15:48] - Jackie explains how teams and workplaces can use the four SOAR questions to help surface a shared sense of purpose.
- [18:33] - Jackie offers advice for aligning people’s individual purpose with the purpose of a team or organization.
- [21:22] - Jackie shares how teams and workplaces drive radical change in 2021.
- [23:56] - Jackie explains why it’s never too soon to reach for purpose in a team or workplace.
- [25:51] - Jackie gives us an exercise to help keep our sense of purpose in balance so we don’t burn ourselves out.
- [28:11] - Jackie completes the lightning round
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