If you have ever struggled to figure out what you want or to understand your identity, read on.
Something I have been struggling with for 10 years that has stunted my business’s growth, been a constant stress, and a weighty elephant in my life was not having an identity that suited me.
Anytime anyone asked me what I did for a living, I felt like a window was shut in my face.
I could see through the window what I did for people, and the positive impact I was having but not having the acceptable words to communicate it was like a glass wall keeping me from effectively expressing who I was.
While many of you have a title and a career identity, do you ever wonder if it fully represents who you are? Are there parts of yourself that you don’t get to express in what you do? Is there a glass window or ceiling keeping you from realizing your Pure Potential?
Last week, I did a Mastermind with Jonathan Fields, best-selling author, top ranking podcast producer, and a deeply caring person dedicated to helping the people around him live good lives.
I look forward to sharing how he solved my problem and more of what I learned from him with you, starting with the very cool Sparketype Assessment he created, which helps you discover your Sparketype, your Life’s Work DNA!
Turns out, we’ve all got a unique source-code for work that makes us come alive, Jonathan calls this your Sparketype™. The more you express this “life’s work DNA,” the richer your work and life becomes.
It is 100% free. It takes about 7-minutes to complete. At a minimum, it’ll open your eyes in a big way. It also just might change your life.
Here’s the link. And, if you write me yours, I’ll share mine 😉
And, here’s the beautiful poem Jonathan wrote that inspired me to share this with you!
THE WINDOW
You speak about it
As if it were a portal
To your potential
What lies through it
You see, oh God, you see
Yet you cannot touch
Or breathe
Or be
Waiting and wondering
When will someone come
To lift the pane / the pain
‘Til you wake
Should you wake
To the window’s truth
There is no savior
Pushed-up sleeves
No unsung hero
Only you
Still you deny
Who am I
To set myself free
It’s been so long,
Painted over, nailed down
Prematurely bound
Yet, in the stillness
Before the pane
You come to believe
“There is no path to freedom
That does not go through me”
So you come to the frame
Feeling, groping
Raging into time-worn sutures
Shaking, heaving
Teasing
Kneading
Bathed with effort’s dew
Flesh on wood
Slowly
It yields
Yawning open
You breathe
Shallow, testing sips
Then deeper / Deeper
Inhaling possibility
Potential once obscured
Now revealed
Exhaling the wail
Of loneliness and futility
A complacent disconnection
You pause
Lean in, and look
No longer apart
But not yet a part
Of that world
Out there
And then it happens
Reality tumbles softly over the sill
Into the reservoir
of your crossed legs
Conspiring into the soul
To what use
Asks its voice
Will you put this portal
Will you simply sit, and gaze
Flirting with the scent
Of a life that calls
Illuminated, yet still
Sedated
A denizen of breath and sight
Subsisting on wisps of essence
Yet never taking your seat
With friends
To feast
To weave
To span the chasm
From what if
To this shall be
Or will you
In some way, your way
Traverse the frame
To set ablaze
A world that
Only you can claim
And then you notice
A deeper truth
The window, it seems
Is not an end, but an invitation
A passage to invention
It was never about the window
But the will to step through it
And then you wonder
How can I
And then you realize
How can I not
Check out your Sparketype, your Life’s Work DNA here!
It’s been dead on and super informative for everyone with whom I have shared it!
Much love!
