The Workplace Needs to Recognize We Are Human with Minda Zetlin

On episode 80 of Outside The Studio:

A spa day and face mask does wonders for the body, but what can we do to help rejuvenate our careers? Minda Zetlin and Tessa talk about what it means to have self care and boundaries in our jobs, the problems with most workplaces today, and how we can keep our brain health in top shape.

Minda Zetlin is the author of Career Self-Care and writes the highly popular 'Laid-Back Leader' column for Inc.com. Her articles and workshops offer research-backed advice to help ambitious people get the most out of their careers and their lives.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Who is Minda?

(00:50) What is self care?

(03:00) How do we set limits for ourselves in the workplace?

(10:30) Examples of self care

(12:20) Taking breaks make us more efficient

(18:15) The dirty little
secret to success

(24:30) Power journaling

(31:05) I hate my job, what do I do?

(35:15) What"s wrong with most workplaces today

(37:45) Final thoughts

Key Takeaways

1. Self care in a career is all the things that make us feel,
as Minda puts it, “Happy, healthy, and at ease.” Examples of self care would be taking necessary breaks, getting plenty of sleep, brisk exercise, and keeping our brain health a top priority, so that we may be healthy as humans, but also put out higher quality work.

2. There is no
dirty little secret to success; there is no destination in which we say, “Welp, I finally made it!” Success is here, it is now, and where we are needs to be celebrated and feel good because that future success isn"t going to happen.

3. Power journaling is where you write down
everything you feel and need or want to do such as ambitions and goals. It"s like a blend of traditional journaling, bullet journaling and a planner, but doesn"t need to look like anything specific. Whatever the form like doodles or a video camera that you talk to, the point is
to examine your thoughts.

4. The main issue with workplaces is that they do not want to acknowledge that we are human beings, period. We have moods and we have needs that, when they aren"t met, will have consequences. Our feelings need to be taken into consideration because
sometimes we argue and sometimes we goof around. The idea of not bringing your outside problems to work isn"t realistic as those issues we have are a part of us. If the workplace expects us to be all in, the workplace needs to accept and support us for all that we are, because we
can not be expected to revolve around our jobs.

Two Awesome Hours by Josh Davis: https://www.amazon.com/Two-Awesome-Hours-Science-Based-Strategies/dp/0062326120

Connect with Minda Zetlin

Website: https://mindazetlin.wordpress.com/

Book: https://mindazetlin.wordpress.com/about/

Email: [email protected]

Connect with Tessa Tovar

Website: https://tessatovar.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tessamarietovar/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessa-tovar-baa27613

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBenedicktus

On episode 80 of Outside The Studio:

A spa day and face mask does wonders for the body, but what can we do to help rejuvenate our careers? Minda Zetlin and Tessa talk about what it means to have self care and boundaries in our jobs, the problems with most workplaces today, and how we can keep our brain health in top shape.

Minda Zetlin is the author of Career Self-Care and writes the highly popular 'Laid-Back Leader' column for Inc.com. Her articles and workshops offer research-backed advice to help ambitious people get the most out of their careers and their lives.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Who is Minda?

(00:50) What is self care?

(03:00) How do we set limits for ourselves in the workplace?

(10:30) Examples of self care

(12:20) Taking breaks make us more efficient

(18:15) The dirty little
secret to success

(24:30) Power journaling

(31:05) I hate my job, what do I do?

(35:15) What"s wrong with most workplaces today

(37:45) Final thoughts

Key Takeaways

1. Self care in a career is all the things that make us feel,
as Minda puts it, “Happy, healthy, and at ease.” Examples of self care would be taking necessary breaks, getting plenty of sleep, brisk exercise, and keeping our brain health a top priority, so that we may be healthy as humans, but also put out higher quality work.

2. There is no
dirty little secret to success; there is no destination in which we say, “Welp, I finally made it!” Success is here, it is now, and where we are needs to be celebrated and feel good because that future success isn"t going to happen.

3. Power journaling is where you write down
everything you feel and need or want to do such as ambitions and goals. It"s like a blend of traditional journaling, bullet journaling and a planner, but doesn"t need to look like anything specific. Whatever the form like doodles or a video camera that you talk to, the point is
to examine your thoughts.

4. The main issue with workplaces is that they do not want to acknowledge that we are human beings, period. We have moods and we have needs that, when they aren"t met, will have consequences. Our feelings need to be taken into consideration because
sometimes we argue and sometimes we goof around. The idea of not bringing your outside problems to work isn"t realistic as those issues we have are a part of us. If the workplace expects us to be all in, the workplace needs to accept and support us for all that we are, because we
can not be expected to revolve around our jobs.

Two Awesome Hours by Josh Davis: https://www.amazon.com/Two-Awesome-Hours-Science-Based-Strategies/dp/0062326120

Connect with Minda Zetlin

Website: https://mindazetlin.wordpress.com/

Book: https://mindazetlin.wordpress.com/about/

Email: [email protected]

Connect with Tessa Tovar

Website: https://tessatovar.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tessamarietovar/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessa-tovar-baa27613

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBenedicktus