Love What You Do

Have you ever been stuck in a job, project or business you don’t love?

Dreading Mondays instead of embracing them? Or just not sure what is your calling and next step in your journey?

You’re not alone.

Statistics show a staggering number of people lack engagement or satisfaction in their careers and purpose in life.

I’ve been there myself. When I started my first job after university, I suffered from Sunday evening blues. Another week of dissatisfaction with my own path loomed over me.

But then I found about this concept called ikigai. It’s a Japanese philosophy that translates to “a reason for being.” Ikigai is more than just a job. It’s about finding work that matches your passions, skills, and the world’s needs.

You can do this exercise in less than 15 minutes. It can help guide you to your purpose and to something that lights you up each morning.

I truly believe this changed the start of my personal growth journey. I found my own ikigai before going all in to pursue it.

Here’s how Ikigai can help you find your purpose:

Ikigai is visualized by four overlapping circles.

Source: Study B Magazine

• What You Love: What are you passionate about? Would you do it even without the paycheck? Write a list down of everything that you enjoy to do, think back to when you were a child, what brought you the most joy.
• What You Can Be Paid For: Does your skillset have market value? Can you make a living doing what you love? Now cross out anything that probably won’t get paid (unless you can be super creative about it, when why not!)
• What You Are Good At: Looking at what’s left on this list, do you excel in any of these? Are your skills valued by others? Or would you be willing to put in the work to be the top 1%? Cross out any of the ones that don’t fit these criteria.
• What the World Needs: Does your work address a real problem and contribute to something larger? Circle all of the ones left that can contribute to a greater impact in this world.

Find your ikigai:

Consider these questions for each circle, and in the ones left, you’ve found an aligned area.

Focus on strengthening these areas in your next step either in pursuing a new career, business idea or taking on a new project.

Remember, your ikigai is uniquely yours. And there is always something in this world that only you can provide.

This is your unfair advantage to pursue and go all in.

What did you find? Feel free to reply to this email and share it with me.

To your success,

Laurie 🙌

🎥 My Deep Work Routine to Work Less and Achieve More

This was a highly requested video where the majority of my audience asked me to share this routine.

If you’ve been in my community for a while, you probably know that I juggle a lot of things. I run a marketing business, am a Mom to a toddler, and create content for my audience.

The only way I can do all this is by training my mind to work in hyper-focused mode.

Deep work is the antidote to the current distracted world that we live in. Many of you have told me that it’s getting hard to focus on what matters.

Here is my experience with this new way of working. It can help you work better and smarter.

If you are curious and want to learn how this routine works, check it out here.

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✍️ Personal Growth Journal Prompts

I’ve put together the top 20 journal prompts for my personal and professional growth journey and you can get them here.

Journaling is more than just keeping a diary.
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It’s my ultimate tool to help me reflect and grow personally and professionally.
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It helped me to quiet the noise in my mind at the end of each day. I could reflect on the daily wins and challenges. I can learn my best lessons from them.

I hope you enjoy these and embracing just 5 minutes of this habit daily will make you unstoppable.

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🧠 Quote of the Week

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A Collection of Things that Can Help You in My Tool Box in 2024

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1. ​Work 1:1 with me to grow your brand, scale your business, or get clarity in your next steps.
2. ​Speak or training for your company or community to inspire, educate, and share bespoke insights.
3. ​Promote your business/brand in my content by collaborating with me on an upcoming video and my social media content.

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