January 23, 2023 • 9 mins
This week is a brief look at what you could value beyond money in your career.
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Unknown (00:06):
Hello there friends, both old and new. Welcome to the
strife seek fame podcast. I'myour host, Chad Whitmore, home
to bite size, lifestyle advicefrom a fellow traveler on the
road to a better life. Broughtto you by someone who is a
longtime educator, writer,parent, and an outdoor
(00:29):
enthusiast, who may just maylike a good draft because our
future is set not just throughour choices, but by our
willingness to explore and finda better way. Good evening,
welcome to episode 125. Strive,seek fine. And let me say, I'm
(00:56):
grateful you joined us. I'mfeeling a little nostalgic
tonight. A few months ago, I wasasked about my career by my
boss. It ended up being anexpensive conversation, covering
proud unknown moments, thingsI've learned and decisions I
wished I hadn't made. It alsowandered from personal to
(01:17):
professional and, and backagain. It was definitely an
unfocused meandering mess. Butit also was a pleasant walk down
memory lane. But it was a goodreminder of some of the prime
movers of my life. Whatmotivates me? What feeds my
soul? So my question today, inits most simplified form, simply
(01:41):
is what do you really value? Nowlet's get started. A little
addendum. To keep this within myshort episode structure, I'm not
going to dig into the family endof things, I would hope the
importance of family willdeserve another march into the
(02:01):
subject matter at a much laterdate. Like most people, my
career has not exactly been thestraight line I was expecting
when I first left college, freshfaced and eager with a diploma
in hand. And honestly, that's agood thing means I've continued
to learn. After all, among mygoals, at that time included,
(02:26):
having written to at least twobest sellers by 25. In case
you're wondering, I haven't donethat yet. I haven't written one,
I haven't finished one. Andhaving found a single place for
myself during my career, and Iam currently at six, I believe
(02:47):
there were many more. And someof them are quite embarrassing
looking back. But they werebuilt more on enthusiasm than
introspection. And as I told afriend recently, I feel myself
on the precipice of change yetagain. So as always, these could
(03:09):
be shifting down the road. Let'sstart with what I value most
from my years of work. It'sdefinitely not the money. If you
know what I do, the phrase isyou do it more for the outcome
than the income. Which is not tosay I don't want to make money.
(03:30):
Like all of us, I could use afew more zeros in the bank
balance. What I have come tovalue comes from a very
different space. Relationships.
I'm proud of the young people,kids really, though some of them
are now in their 40s. And youknow who you are. Who am I still
hear from letting me know abouttheir kids their successes, and
(03:53):
every once in a while listeningto them with what they're
struggling with, or thinkingabout. And even if this is only
once in 10 years, it makes meproud for them. Seeing the
people they have become isincredible. Seeing the pride
they have in their own kids andaccomplishments. Even more. So
(04:16):
these relational callbacks feedme with a sense of continuity,
especially in those times whereI end up having their kids which
obviously is a more recentdevelopment. And a shocking one
the first time it happened whenI was standing in an elementary
school and saw one of my seniorEnglish kids walk in the door.
(04:39):
Those moments give a lot ofmeaning to my career. Reminds
you of what you're doing isimportant. And it means you did
something right along the way,which gives you the energy to
move forward and continue doingit. There's more But I'm not
going to share any of these kidsstories right now. I might have
(05:02):
to grab one or two of them andbring them on at some point. And
now, a word from our sponsor.
I asked my dad, if I could helphim with the CO masa. And he
said, Yes. Yes, hope finepeople, for my dad's Park, share
(05:26):
this podcast with your friends.
Leave with you to leave peoplefor my dad, you can donate to
buy me an idea and ideas to keepmaking podcasts. Thank you for
listening me to strive thinkfive.
(05:50):
Thank you Miss A for supportingthe show. Let's get back to it.
I said second example comes fromthe same vein, if a different
direction. As I've grown, shallwe say more experienced, you can
read that how you will, in mycareer. If you're doing things,
right, in my opinion, you'rehelping people get started in
(06:13):
their own careers and reachingtheir own goals. Whether it's
student teachers moving into theprofession, coaches getting
their own starts, or teacherswho want to be admin working
alongside you. It's gratifyingto see each of them move onward
and upward with their owncareers. Watching someone who
worked alongside you go fromintern to running their own show
(06:37):
over the course of a few years.
And seeing them take off andlead their own way with their
own vision and thinking is huge.
Seeing someone go from a rookieteacher to someone that is a
leader within a whateverbuilding they choose to work in,
and feeling that in some sort ofsmall way, you help them learn a
(07:01):
lesson that helped place them onthat route. Makes me feel that
after I leave the field, andhopefully years afterwards, I
will have helped kids andfamilies long after I have left
the field, helping those that Iwill probably never meet. Again,
(07:22):
that sense of continuity. Thatfeeling of belonging to
something bigger than yourselfthat something that continues
after you're gone is huge. LikeI said, I'm feeling a little
nostalgic again. But as I'velost some people I've worked
with over the last few years.
And some of the mentors Ilearned from it makes me hope
(07:42):
the lessons I've learned fromthem will live on in the next
few generations of educators aswell. And one final thing that
strikes me it is probably notthat uncommon. Because you
always hear about a personsearch for meaning. And as I go
through my career and my life,that's something I try to do.
(08:06):
I'm not great at relaxingbecause I'm seeking meaning in
the things I'm doing in theservice I'm providing. Even in
something like this podcast, I'mlooking to provide meaning for
myself, and hopefully meaningfor people who are listening to
it. And now friends, I'mcurious, what do you value
(08:31):
professionally? What do you takeaway from your career besides
the very necessary paycheck? Letme know. Contact information is
in the show notes. Well,friends, that's it for this
week's edition of strife seekfind. Thank you again for
listening. If you'd like to jointhe discussion, or have ideas
(08:52):
for future episodes, hop on overto the strife seek find podcast
group on Facebook.
Alternatively, if Facebook's notyour thing, you can find me on
Instagram at strife seek findpodcast on Twitter, as at chance
with more five or even on email.
The links for all those are inthe show notes below. Until next
(09:17):
time, my friends keep seekingyour own brilliant future
Hello there friends, both old and new. Welcome to the
strife seek fame podcast. I'myour host, Chad Whitmore, home
to bite size, lifestyle advicefrom a fellow traveler on the
road to a better life. Broughtto you by someone who is a
longtime educator, writer,parent, and an outdoor
(00:29):
enthusiast, who may just maylike a good draft because our
future is set not just throughour choices, but by our
willingness to explore and finda better way. Good evening,
welcome to episode 125. Strive,seek fine. And let me say, I'm
(00:56):
grateful you joined us. I'mfeeling a little nostalgic
tonight. A few months ago, I wasasked about my career by my
boss. It ended up being anexpensive conversation, covering
proud unknown moments, thingsI've learned and decisions I
wished I hadn't made. It alsowandered from personal to
(01:17):
professional and, and backagain. It was definitely an
unfocused meandering mess. Butit also was a pleasant walk down
memory lane. But it was a goodreminder of some of the prime
movers of my life. Whatmotivates me? What feeds my
soul? So my question today, inits most simplified form, simply
(01:41):
is what do you really value? Nowlet's get started. A little
addendum. To keep this within myshort episode structure, I'm not
going to dig into the family endof things, I would hope the
importance of family willdeserve another march into the
(02:01):
subject matter at a much laterdate. Like most people, my
career has not exactly been thestraight line I was expecting
when I first left college, freshfaced and eager with a diploma
in hand. And honestly, that's agood thing means I've continued
to learn. After all, among mygoals, at that time included,
(02:26):
having written to at least twobest sellers by 25. In case
you're wondering, I haven't donethat yet. I haven't written one,
I haven't finished one. Andhaving found a single place for
myself during my career, and Iam currently at six, I believe
(02:47):
there were many more. And someof them are quite embarrassing
looking back. But they werebuilt more on enthusiasm than
introspection. And as I told afriend recently, I feel myself
on the precipice of change yetagain. So as always, these could
(03:09):
be shifting down the road. Let'sstart with what I value most
from my years of work. It'sdefinitely not the money. If you
know what I do, the phrase isyou do it more for the outcome
than the income. Which is not tosay I don't want to make money.
(03:30):
Like all of us, I could use afew more zeros in the bank
balance. What I have come tovalue comes from a very
different space. Relationships.
I'm proud of the young people,kids really, though some of them
are now in their 40s. And youknow who you are. Who am I still
hear from letting me know abouttheir kids their successes, and
(03:53):
every once in a while listeningto them with what they're
struggling with, or thinkingabout. And even if this is only
once in 10 years, it makes meproud for them. Seeing the
people they have become isincredible. Seeing the pride
they have in their own kids andaccomplishments. Even more. So
(04:16):
these relational callbacks feedme with a sense of continuity,
especially in those times whereI end up having their kids which
obviously is a more recentdevelopment. And a shocking one
the first time it happened whenI was standing in an elementary
school and saw one of my seniorEnglish kids walk in the door.
(04:39):
Those moments give a lot ofmeaning to my career. Reminds
you of what you're doing isimportant. And it means you did
something right along the way,which gives you the energy to
move forward and continue doingit. There's more But I'm not
going to share any of these kidsstories right now. I might have
(05:02):
to grab one or two of them andbring them on at some point. And
now, a word from our sponsor.
I asked my dad, if I could helphim with the CO masa. And he
said, Yes. Yes, hope finepeople, for my dad's Park, share
(05:26):
this podcast with your friends.
Leave with you to leave peoplefor my dad, you can donate to
buy me an idea and ideas to keepmaking podcasts. Thank you for
listening me to strive thinkfive.
(05:50):
Thank you Miss A for supportingthe show. Let's get back to it.
I said second example comes fromthe same vein, if a different
direction. As I've grown, shallwe say more experienced, you can
read that how you will, in mycareer. If you're doing things,
right, in my opinion, you'rehelping people get started in
(06:13):
their own careers and reachingtheir own goals. Whether it's
student teachers moving into theprofession, coaches getting
their own starts, or teacherswho want to be admin working
alongside you. It's gratifyingto see each of them move onward
and upward with their owncareers. Watching someone who
worked alongside you go fromintern to running their own show
(06:37):
over the course of a few years.
And seeing them take off andlead their own way with their
own vision and thinking is huge.
Seeing someone go from a rookieteacher to someone that is a
leader within a whateverbuilding they choose to work in,
and feeling that in some sort ofsmall way, you help them learn a
(07:01):
lesson that helped place them onthat route. Makes me feel that
after I leave the field, andhopefully years afterwards, I
will have helped kids andfamilies long after I have left
the field, helping those that Iwill probably never meet. Again,
(07:22):
that sense of continuity. Thatfeeling of belonging to
something bigger than yourselfthat something that continues
after you're gone is huge. LikeI said, I'm feeling a little
nostalgic again. But as I'velost some people I've worked
with over the last few years.
And some of the mentors Ilearned from it makes me hope
(07:42):
the lessons I've learned fromthem will live on in the next
few generations of educators aswell. And one final thing that
strikes me it is probably notthat uncommon. Because you
always hear about a personsearch for meaning. And as I go
through my career and my life,that's something I try to do.
(08:06):
I'm not great at relaxingbecause I'm seeking meaning in
the things I'm doing in theservice I'm providing. Even in
something like this podcast, I'mlooking to provide meaning for
myself, and hopefully meaningfor people who are listening to
it. And now friends, I'mcurious, what do you value
(08:31):
professionally? What do you takeaway from your career besides
the very necessary paycheck? Letme know. Contact information is
in the show notes. Well,friends, that's it for this
week's edition of strife seekfind. Thank you again for
listening. If you'd like to jointhe discussion, or have ideas
(08:52):
for future episodes, hop on overto the strife seek find podcast
group on Facebook.
Alternatively, if Facebook's notyour thing, you can find me on
Instagram at strife seek findpodcast on Twitter, as at chance
with more five or even on email.
The links for all those are inthe show notes below. Until next
(09:17):
time, my friends keep seekingyour own brilliant future
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