How To Design Your Career For Happiness - Samantha Clarke

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Jul 28, 2022

Samantha Clarke, a work happiness consultant and author of "Love It or Leave It," shares insights on crafting a fulfilling career. She emphasizes the importance of self-awareness in assessing job satisfaction and overcoming emotional barriers. The discussion highlights the six pillars of happiness at work and encourages listeners to challenge traditional career narratives. Samantha also delves into the significance of aligning personal strengths with professional paths, advocating for introspection to foster genuine happiness and purpose in one's career.

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ANECDOTE

The $100 Million Question

Ali Abdaal uses a hypothetical $100 million to determine how he'd spend his time.
This exercise reveals his current work aligns with his ideal scenario.

ADVICE

Discovering Your Human Design

Discover your Human Design profile to understand how you're wired to operate.
Knowing your profile helps you lean into your strengths and find work that aligns with your natural tendencies.

ADVICE

Manifesting with Science

Combine affirmations with scientific understanding of how the brain works for effective manifestation.
Samantha Clarke suggests incorporating subliminals, neuroaesthetics, and meditation.

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On average, most of us will spend one third of our lives at work. That’s a lot of time. But even though we spend so much of our lives at work, according to a 2022 happiness study over one third of Brits are unhappy in their job. Samantha Clarke is a work happiness consultant, author of Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work and resident lecturer and facilitator at The School of Life, Simon Sinek's platform and The Guardian who gives masterclasses on career potential, navigating transitions and change, managing stress and anxiety, finding confidence and purpose at work. During the conversation me and Samantha break down the traditional prescription around what a career needs to look like and tackle all the big questions facing someone navigating a career: how do you figure out what career path to choose, how do you know when it’s time to quit, how do you reinvent yourself in ease phase of your career, how do you negotiate emotional barriers to change, and most importantly, how do you design a career that you love.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

2:20 Overcoming the title trap

3:47 Evolving understandings about work

08:53 Navigating emotional barriers to pursuing your dream career

12:32 Exploring the hidden assumptions in coaching

17:13 Love It or Leave It: how to be happy at work

20:59 The 6 happiness pillars for work

23:35 How to assess your happiness at work

25:12 Can everyone find purpose in a job?

28:32 The relationship between career purpose and money

35:20 Human Design Profiles

42:17 Manifestation and affirmations

46:26 Decision making

51:09 The signs and symptoms of burnout

59:02 Following your passion vs finding your passion

01:07:28 Coaching Ali on company mission and happiness

01:20:20 Takeaways

🔗 CONNECT WITH SAMANTHA

🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/samanthaand_
📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/samanthaand
💻 Website - https://samanthaand.co/
👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthaclarke/
📕 Love It or Leave It: How To Be Happy At Work - https://geni.us/dPkwD

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Find the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/