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Episode 63: Are You: Blooming, Budding, Stunted, or in Need of Renewal?

April 03, 2024 • Keri Wilt

Why Listen? In my journal practice, I write down what I call “heart taps”, which are the things that speak directly to my heart. Here are a few of the heart tap moments that I wrote down from this interview with DAN PONTEFRACT:

We are not here to see through each other, but are here to see others through.
Purpose can be found at the crossroads of the things we learn and our innate skills.
This a great question to ask that he said during the interview: “What’s getting in the way?”
Work life balance and Employee engagement are not what we think they are anymore.
Reality: No one can be in bloom, all of the time.
You can have growth, even in the darkest of seasons.
Which of work-life-bloom personas are you right now? blooming, budding, stunted, or renewal.
Loneliness is an epidemic.
Reminder: All seasons are just a moment in time.
40% of the time you will be blooming. 60% you won’t. What you decide to do during the 60% is important.

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Dan Pontefract is a renowned leadership strategist, award-winning author, and keynote speaker with over two decades of experience helping organizations and leaders improve performance, productivity, and overall engagement.

He has presented at four TED events and earned multiple industry awards including Thinkers50 Radar, HR Weekly’s 100 Most Influential People in HR, PeopleHum’s Top 200 Thought Leaders to Follow, and Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers. Dan has written five best-selling books and he also writes for Forbes and Harvard Business Review.

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