Introducing the Meaningful Revolution Podcast

With the coach, we're going to give you a sneak peek into my Meaningful Revolution podcast that will be coming out on August 12, 2022, as of recording this. So next Friday, when I'm recording this. So I just wanted to do a little bit of a recap of the season. So if you're probably listening to this, you don't. You haven't heard those interviews, but I'll reference them a little bit. I'll have a link below this video on how to sign up on Apple Podcasts, if you're interested in that. But most of all, this particular video that's going out on the newsletter is a recap of season one. It's the successes, the failures, misses, what to do next, and kind of how I've organized the framework for the podcast. So if you are wondering, like, how do I feel unstuck, right? Maybe you have been stuck and just playing it safe for the last couple years because of the pandemic, even, you know, really trapped in that feeling. Or if you're like, I figured out that the world's changed, but I still am not thriving and I want to make sure I'm positioning myself to one, feel alive in the next year, to really feel connected to others, to really feel like I'm working and living meaningfully, then this is going to be a great video for you. Welcome to the Meaningful Revolution podcast where we talk about people's passions and hope to inspire you to your own. We also answer the question, what if you could just add 1% more meaning to your life every day for the next year? So join us on this Meaningful Revolution. I'm your host, Sean Butner, certified High Performance Coach, and we have a really great episode for you today. So let's get into it. All right. Welcome back to the Meaningful Revolution Podcast. This is the recap of season one, where we have the wins, misses, next steps and a little bit of filling in on the model I've been using. And I've noticed between my clients and the interviews that we've had that have been fantastic. So first off, I am just really super excited for the work that has been done already and I'd love to shout out to Emmanuel, Nicole, James and Michael and everyone else that has helped make this launch of this podcast amazing. And so, and the conversations has just been so interesting and so revealing. So big thanks for you guys in general. So also I want to talk about, you know, the story so far of the podcast. So we have this will be episode eight of the podcast. So a little introduction about you know, I talked a little bit about my coaching life because I'm really passionate about that. And we talked about the power of ritual, the power of your mindset in like a sports psychology setting. We talked about the power of leadership and connecting people through education, and again, like the power of ritual. So with all of these amazing topics, that's, that's kind of where we're at. And the whole idea for the Meaningful Revolution podcast, again, is to answer the question, what if you added just 1% more meaning to your life every day for the next year? Because it's my belief that thinking about how do I do a little bit more gardening, how do I do a little bit more teaching, how do I do a little bit more of leading in the world, or how do I do a little bit more of just feeling like I'm connected to my life again and feeling alive and vibrant that will have this ripple effect of goodness out in the world, right? What is goodness really? It's people that are passionate, that are happier, that are a little bit more resilient, that are a little bit more productive and have that performance edge. I mean, I am a high performance coach, so I have to always root things in that type of conversation. But it's also to inspire, right? So I hope if, as you've listened to these different interviews from these wonderful folks, that you found something that has inspired you to go chase your passion, right? That's the, the other end of this. So successes, right? I think this past month and a half of working on this and really trying to make it great and, you know, make it compelling for you folks. You know, I think the conversations and the topics have been amazing, right? I think the way of, like, if you wanted to get started in leadership or in creating rituals or you've already had some experience in either of those, that there's a little bit of content and habits and things for you to do to advance that area of your life. I think the context around just people telling stories and how they get involved in teaching and why it's important for them to authentically connect with people is super powerful. And so I think it's been a really great way of exploring these topics that people really love and people nerd about and, and I'm very happy and grateful for having that part or to play a part in those conversations. What do I think were maybe misses of this first season of the Meaningful Revolution podcast? I. I think trying to be a little bit more explicit in connecting whatever the topic is, whatever the interview is, to the idea of living each day with a little bit more meaning. Right. So I think the original hope was that it would just inspire you to be a little bit more meaningful. But I could probably do a better, a better job of saying, like, this is how maybe you can approach this and take this into your life and explore it and really connect with it and really see if that's something that ignites that fire in your heart, in your belly to go out and serve and to do good. You know, I think second kind of big issue was there's just some tech issues. So as we're going forth here, you'll probably see changes of formats of the podcast, which is going to be season two to be a little bit more focused on me just talking to the microphone instead of interviews. One, because I want to just see how that feels and two, I want to be able to continually have a weekly cadence for the podcast and I don't want the problem of I couldn't find a really awesome, amazing person to interview and to share with you folks. So that's where that's kind of coming from. Also, like, again, like trying to figure out video. I had a couple of the season one podcast folks where the video got garbled or wasn't high quality. There's a couple audio issues. There's a couple people I interviewed actually, you know, shout out to Susan in particular, where the audio goofed up and it just wasn't usable. Because if this is a podcast and you're listening to it and you're hearing clicks and echoes and stuff, I know for myself as a podcast listener that would drive me absolutely crazy. So I didn't want that for you folks. But so just kind of learning how the different technologies to get the stuff set up, having backup plans. So I just to share like I use ECAMM Live's interview feature, which is a software for the Mac to to record these because the video is a little bit higher quality and I had some weird audio issues with it. More most importantly, I didn't have the option set up to do the split tracking. So without going super into the technical details, that's been solved. I know that backup is now zoom because that is old reliable, even if the video quality isn't great. But it's a podcast, so we're focusing on trying to deliver that higher quality audio so it doesn't drive people nuts. Third myth that I think will, that we will be addressing, the third miss that I think we have and that we'll be addressing going forward is going to be really Answering that question, like, what happens when you live with a little bit more meaning in your life every day for the next year? Because I think that idea is so powerful because it's attainable. It's not this big, like you have to change your whole life. It's just add a little bit of the things that are meaningful to your life into your day to day. Whether that's workouts, whether that's, you know, seeing your favorite people, whether that's, you know, really getting behind and pushing your big idea, your big passion, your big mission out to the world just a little bit each day, I think that'll be great. So, yeah, you know, so I, I think those were, were three of the main misses. Maybe you agree, maybe you don't, and that's okay. But you know, I'm still open for feedback as long as it's constructive. So if you have something that you're like, hey, this could be better, please, you know, reply to any of the emails I've sent you or you can go and leave a comment on either the Meaningful Podcast Revolutions page on my website, which is linked below this video, or on Apple Podcasts and I'll get back to you because I really want to make sure that you guys are part of this meaningful revolution community, you know, so that's, that, that's kind of where I'm coming from. Okay, so switching gears out of that, something I thought you guys might enjoy and something that I've had an idea of. And, and we can analyze this last season together and really pull out, you know, what really helps people find meaning in their life. And before we do that, I'm going to run you through an exercise. I think there's five areas that people really do get meaning from. And so, you know, what we'll do is I'll go through each of these. I have you rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10, one being not at all. I don't really feel this in my life, or 10 that I really do feel like tuned in and this is optimized in my life. So really great. 10. Not really at all a one on these five areas. So the first area is, you know, I, I feel and have noticed in my clients and in these conversations that people find meaning in doing things right. They find meaning in action. So a scale of 1 to 10, how have you felt that you've been in action the last six months? Right. And as you rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10, if you've been in action, if you've been doing A lot. You know, this is like advancing and doing the things that are meaningful to advance your. Your personal projects, the things that you love, the things that you're passionate about, your missions. It's, are you in motion and putting into action and feeling progress, which is another thing. But, you know, you're doing the things that you know will get you progress, and you feel like they're the right things. Right. And as you rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10, again, I want you to come up with three words to describe why you gave yourself that number. And why is that so important? Well, a lot of people will go through this exercise and just be like, oh, I'm a five, I'm a seven, I'm a ten. Or whatever. But when you have to attribute this qualitative analysis on it, that's when a lot of these insights can come to help you diagnose on how to get to the next level. Because it's not, hey, I scored a 2. It's not that, hey, you're terrible as a person at getting things done. It's an invitation and an opportunity to think like, well, why is that? How can I maybe raise this to a three to a five to a seven? You know? And if you're like, I rated myself a 10, it's like, okay, like, what's the next level for you? Like, like, what is that next level of making things happen and doing them and being in action look like for someone that is at the top of the game already? So I invite you to do this exercise as we're talking because I think you'll find a little bit about yourself. And I've known from coaching again and from doing this work for quite a bit that, you know, if you rate yourself low on this, you're probably not feeling like, you know, feeling that sense of fulfillment, of advancement, of connection to what's going on around you. And, you know, people tend to be a little bit more grumpy or miserable or frustrated or just stuck. So it's a good diagnosis thing. So on a scale 1 to 10, how are you acting? A second thing or one thing about doing, too? If we look back at all of the interviews that I've done, you know, it's been people like, you know, acting on what they're really passionate about. So learning about leadership, like in Emanuel's case, and leading people in organizations and pharmacy, or it's James who's in action and trying to figure out how to authentically, like, connect with students to have those learning moments that carry on for the rest of those students lives, like that's his intention. That's how he organizes his day. That's what he's trying to do with every type of instruction and curriculum that he does himself and he's helping others with. And I think it's really important. Again, just, you know, those are a couple of examples from this past season of the podcast that I think is really great. So, okay, section number two is people find meanings in their relationships. It's usually, you know, in helping other people. It's usually in feeling respected by their peers, getting the support that they need or not, and usually in support of the things that they love. Right? So if we again, you know, so rate yourself again on a scale of 1 to 10 on relationships, 1, being like you're a lone wolf, number 10, that you have this fantastic community around you that inspires you to be your best, that inspires you to grow, that inspires you to live to your full potential, right? And then write three words on why you gave yourself that score just to kind of see if there's anything that unlocks for you and feeling really connected. Because again, like, if you rate yourself a one on relationships, that's the entrepreneur that has burned every relationship in their life for their business, has had some success and is just miserable because they don't have anyone to share it with, you know, so we don't want that type of experience for you. Or it's the person that maybe has struggled financially but has that community backing that helps them feel abundant even when times are tough, you know, so kind of two sides of the coin. And we look at the podcast interviews again. You know, people got into things because of other people. So Mike Seeley got into psychology and sports psychology because he had a therapist when he was young that really helped him by challenging him and, you know, having that relationship to say, hey, you can be better, you know, or it's Nicole who. Who ended up becoming really interested in rituals because it helped her cope with, with, you know, the personal things that were going on in her life, you know, with her mom when she was growing up and just kind of managing how uncertain the world's been recently, you know, so. But it all started from a relationship that was impactful, that was influential. So that's why this is important. The third reason why people feel meaning in their lives. And my observation is service. So are you helping people? Helping people, right? Just period. How are you helping people? How are you leading people? How are you leading things better than you got them? You know, those types of things. On a scale of 1 to 10, how connected are you to the service in your life, in your mission, in the things that you do? Because you'll notice that each of the people in the podcast here. Oh yeah, each of the people in the podcast here had some type of service in either sharing their ritual, sharing how to connect authentically with people, how to change your mindset to hit that next level performance, or to, to really just be aware of the impact you have with the people around you. Like in Emmanuel's case. So again, on a scale of 1 to 10, when you rate your service, what are the three words? Again, you would describe that score that you gave for yourself. So just to get, get to the why. All right, the fourth thing that I think people find meaning in is challenge, right? So how challenged are you? How are you pushed to grow, to develop skills, to. To learn? You know, on a scale of 1 to 10, how challenged do you feel in your, your work life or home life or health or just general well being? And you know, one being not challenged at all, 10, being like, I am constantly learning and I love it and I'm on fire. Right. And what three words would you use to describe that score you gave yourself? So challenge. I think there's also another way for saying that you're growing, right? So if you are constantly learning, expanding your skill set, expanding your competency, expanding your capabilities, there's going to be confidence behind that. There's going to be a sense of, I can handle things that come my way. So there's some resilience behind it. And you know, everyone that I've known in corporate America or my coaching business or, you know, friends and family, it's the folks that are constantly trying to find that new distinction, that new way of doing things, that new way of advancing and going forward that tend to absolutely love what they're doing. And so that's why I think it's so connected to meaning. And then the fifth thing, scale of 1 to 10, how much growth or progress do you feel in your life dayto day again in the last six months? And you know, that sense of progress, that sense that you are in momentum, it's in flow, sometimes is what people call it, is really profound. So again, scale 1 to 10, how do you feel about your growth and progress? What are the three words you give yourself to describe why you labeled yourself that number? And for each of these two, like, what could you do to advance to the next level? It's a very simple but important exercise. So I thought I'D share that with y'. All. So with that model, I wanted to also kind of get into something that's a little bit of topical and that's like, you know, we're talking about. Maybe you've heard of this. This concept of the great resignation or that, you know, there's been a really good recent jobs report, but a lot of people also saying, I can't find people for my job. And we just wanted to kind of organize this whole idea in the concept of this framework of know what people find meaningful, Right? Because if we know that people find meaning in doing things, in relationships and service to others and challenge and in a sense of progress, it's pretty evident why we were in this situation in the world. So, not to be political, but this is just an observation from me. But, you know, I think what we're seeing now is that there's a lot of people that are leaving, organizations that are unproductive or organizations getting rid of people that are not productive. So this is people that aren't doing the right things to get the value add, to advance and help the customers out, to, you know, really make sure that, you know, people are getting results. Because if you're not able to show to an employer or employee, excuse me, that what they're doing makes a difference, it matters they have that meeting, then, you know, why do it, right? If I'm just doing busy work, if I'm just trying to cope with the stress of the world and not really get into that performance edge, then what's the point, you know? And I think a lot of the high performers, a lot of the people at the top of the game, a lot of the people that are really connected to what they do and the meaning of that they want in their lives are trying to find the places where they're going to be able to express that the most. So people are leaving organizations because the organizations aren't productive or they don't feel as productive as they could be. I think the second reason for this great resignation and this weird job climate that we find ourselves in is that, you know, people are leaving Toxic management and Toxic Team teammates and toxic customers. So I think as we shifted from COVID and inflation and the war and all this divisiveness on social media, that people are shifting around because, like, why would you go to a job where you're gonna have customers that scream at you and are extremely rude and can't really think outside of themselves, Right? Especially if you could trade that in for a job that has. Has stable Hours pays better and you don't have to deal with those folks like it's a no brainer for most people on why they would leave. So I think in this new world we're seeing and people that are winning are the jobs that are productive. Right. Are delivering amazing value from the last point and are able to create this environment where things aren't so toxic or so in antagonistic. Right. It's not that people can't handle conflict, but you know, this uncivil type of treating people or treating people without respect when there is such a great opportunity for people looking for jobs, looking for good jobs to go and switch jobs. I mean, I think that's one of the big polls, I think using this framework too, that you know, we talk about service and we talk about making a difference. We talk about, you know, feeling like connected to the work that you're doing and how it's helping others. You know, people are leaving busy work. So if you have ever worked a job that was completely just BS where you want it, you were supposed to sit in the chair for eight hours a day or however long, most of the time longer. And you weren't actually doing things that made a difference, that turned the dial, that were in service to your customers, in service to people internally that help them. I think you're seeing a lot of people that are just not putting up with like, why should I deal with this busy work? You're seeing organizations that relied on busy. We're kind of getting cut out of the economy too. In this environment, people are also leaving boring work. So they're not like challenged. You know, if you go to your job and you're like, okay, it's the same thing over and over and over again. I don't really see a way to advance. I don't see a way to contribute at a higher level. I don't see a way to grow in this organization. They're gonna again go and find places. You're gonna find organizations that have exciting work are still going to thrive. So a lot of the big tech companies I think are pretty safe here. I think a lot of the folks that in organizations that are doing the new innovative things will probably be fine. But it's people that have been stuck in how they were doing things before and not really adapting to how the work environments change that are not really going to succeed here. And then, you know, finally like people are leaving places, you know, related to challenge that they don't feel like there's a place for them to grow to, you Know, build skills to build confidence, to really feel like that they're becoming and transforming and becoming greater. So ultimately they don't feel meaning in the things that they're doing, in the people that they're working with or serving in the actual service, or how it's impacting others in the challenge of the work and how it's helping them grow, essentially using this model. So I hope that's helpful for you. And, you know, if you are in a position where you're managing someone and you're like, huh, how can I keep, you know, and retain the talent that we have? I betcha there's something in this model that you could think of and be like, oh, I need to tweak this to either, you know, help people work on the right things or improve the environment and relationship to where the company isn't putting up with toxic customers. The company is helping to facilitate this work environment that lets people do the work and cuts out a lot of the drama, you know. So if you're a manager, like, what areas in this framework do you think could really help you, your team, your organization advance? Or again, in your life, as you were thinking about how you rated yourself in each of these, like, what do you need to do to really make sure that these five areas can get amplified or can get leveled up, or that you need to actually shift around to a place that might be a little bit more conducive for it? Because I think that'll help you find a little bit more meaning, help you live a little bit more meaningful. It'll help you advance in your life, create abundance, all that kind of really great stuff. And it's, it's why we do this podcast and it's why we're here. So thanks for listening to this summary for season one of the Meaningful Revolution podcast show. I'm. As we go into the this next season again, we're going to be experimenting with doing things a little bit more like this. Hopefully it'll be a little bit more smooth, Smoother. You know, I mean, it will be because I'm learning as we go and trying to figure out a good structure for these types of shows. But we'll keep it short at half hour today. Ish. So, guys, thank you. Go out there and make sure you listen to the next episode. Oh, and if you would, go to Apple Podcasts, search for the Meaningful Revolution. Subscribe Rate this Podcast Leave a comment I'd love to cheer you on. I'd love to hear what you guys think about what's going on here, what we're trying to do and how to make it better again. So please, do me that favor. Get the word out and, yeah, thanks, guys. We'll see you later. Sa.