Inviting dreams to discover drive: Helping people work to live, not the other way around with Dane Sanders
Every leader dreams of a staff who cares as much about their organization as they do. But employees have their own dreams—and there’s a good chance they haven’t connected their job and their aspirations in any meaningful way. In some cases, aspirations and dreams may not exist at all. It’s no wonder people are feeling unmotivated and uninspired in their work today
This week on Unlocked, we're grateful to host Dane Sanders, who is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tell Me Your Dreams. Dane and his team of world-class mental health professionals, trainers, and coaches deeply believe that people should work to live, not the other way around. Their training and coaching frameworks promote proactive mental health, and build workforce cultures that truly focus on people instead of fixating solely on performance.
Tell Me Your Dreams exists to empower both dreams of the individual and the organization to work symbiotically, improving the quality of work and life for every person involved.
In this episode we dig into topics like the "work me" vs. the "real me", understanding all the versions of YOU, the amazing results when companies empower dreams, some very useful strategies Dane uses in his own life to continue waking up, and much more.
Dane's Bio:
Co-Founder & CEO at Tell Me Your Dreams. Dane is a renowned speaker, author of multiple best-selling books, a business and personal mastery coach, and host of the popular Converge podcast, which explores the tension between creating meaningful things and finding innovative ways to profit from what you've made. With a guest list of amazing folks such as Seth Godin, Gretchen Rubin, Greg McKeown, Ryan Holiday, and many more.
Conversation Links:
0:43 - The "work me" and "real me" and more
4:45 - The herculean effort of answering "how are you doing?"
5:25 - Taking agency of your life
9:30 - Dane's rituals rule of life
16:21 - Redefining self with Tell Me Your Dreams
18:36 - What happens when your company supports your dreams?
19:30 - Why we are scared to be our full selves at work
22:15 - The delicate tension to make dreams come to life at work
24:39 - How you find and achieve your dreams, even if you don't have them yet
28:28 - The seasonality of life
30:23 - Culture is fragile
34:15 - Setting metaphors to "wake up" in life.
37:55 - The tension of intention
44:17 - Giving yourself the gift of considering the now
Where to find Dane and his work:
www.tellmeyourdreams.com
www.danesanders.com
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