TEDx Macatawa 2015 Session 2c: Dr. Tracy Brower, Bring Work to Life: The Power of And

• Karoshi: Japanese word meaning death from overwork
• many people have negative spillover between work and life
• people are stressed at work across all generations
• what is your definition of work? (hard? difficult? politics?)
• what is your definition of life? family? fulfillment?
• disruption + time poverty - not “work-life balance”
• rather work-life integration can equal abundance & fulfillment
• “don’t take, bring” - bring is about the starting point
• take is about the destination
• Perspectives matter
• it is about relationships and connection: YOU AND ME - pain experienced in the brain when social hurt is experienced (same as physical pain)
• pleasure experienced in the brain when social joy is experienced (sam as physical pleasure)
• we seek what makes us feel good
• binding force - proton and neutron held together in center of atom with immense power
• connections are at the core of our being
• it’s about building relationships and supporting others
• not a strategy but a perspective
• purpose (we want to build cathedrals and not just laying bricks) - sense of something bigger than self
• we matter to the bigger thing
• about people (people will trade salary for purpose)
• “Find what you are good at and do that”
• People AND Organizations - Chinese character: to listen with a virtuous heart
• pay close attention to one another
• children spell love as T.I.M.E.
• to go fast, go alone. to go far, go together
• people who are most engaged are recognized by leader and encouraged by leader
• people who are most disengaged are ignored by their leader
• listen deeply, share openly, respect unfailingly
• Know AND Do - action is the key
• yada: hebrew for to know and do
• The best time to plant a tree 20 years ago, the 2nd best time to plant a tree is today

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