What happens when you work against your Passion Profile with Joanna Platt
Release Date: 03/08/2024
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info_outlineI was on the phone recently with my and Kristen’s friend Joanna (who’s appeared on the podcast a time or two before!), who was telling me about exhausted and demoralized she’s been about her career lately.
Joanna’s Passion Profile is Collaborator, which means the thing she values above everything else is connection and, well, collaboration. Except she’s been trying for 5 years to run a business … by herself.
It became clear as we were talking that her career woes are almost certainly a result of working out of alignment with her Passion Profile for so long.
Before we hung up she said, “If you ever want me to come on the podcast to talk about this, I totally would!” And hey, I’m not one to turn down a good guest!
So, listen in to this month’s brand-new episode with a normal person, where Joanna and I get into:
- How she got tunnel vision around her career, and blocked out signs that the path she was going down might not be right for her
- Why having the freedom to whatever she wanted, whenever she wanted day after day – a dream come true for some people – actually made her miserable
- The difference between career problems and “alignment problems,” and how to recognize when you’re out of alignment
Come leave a comment after you’ve listened to share how this conversation resonated with you!
MORE ABOUT JOANNA
Joanna Platt is the creator of The Joy of Enough Method, a system that helps high-achievers break out of the cycle of burnout so they can have more “life’s good” moments.
Joanna coaches high-achievers who are on a never-ending treadmill of obligations and to-dos and burn themselves out again and again. She helps her clients create and implement a Burnout to Balance Blueprint so that they can be present with their people, take care of their health and wellbeing, and be an A-player at work.
You can further connect with Joanna through her podcast, The Joy of Enough, available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or on Instagram @joanna_platt.
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