Level Up: The Power of Personal and Professional Growth for Career Success Trying to level up your personal and professional lives? Try putting an emphasis on growth in both areas, and you’ll grow your career success, too. In this episode, Lori Jo Vest shares ways you can become a lifelong learner and feed your mind with great information that will help you live a life you love. Themes discussed in this episode * The value of being a lifelong learner * Personal growth training programs - Incl. Landmark Education * Talk therapy as a way to grow your emotional skills * Putting a supportive community around yourself * Using art, music and other endeavors to grow personally and professional Episode Highlights Timestamped inflection points from the show * 1:01 - While growth may start as setting goals or making plans for your future, it can become a positive addiction to growing your skills and mastering your emotions * 2:21 - The impact of cultural and familial conditioning on one's mindset and the importance of changing these beliefs * 9:49 - The benefits of therapy for emotional growth and managing difficult client relationships * 13:36 - Feeding your mind with quality literature, music, and other forms of intellectual stimulation * 16:20 - The importance of surrounding oneself with positive and supportive people Top Quotes * 1:23 - I frequently say I'm addicted to personal growth. I am. I'm always looking to learn something new, to try something new, to jump in with both feet, with new technology, with new marketing tools, things like that, because it's exciting. It's interesting to live a life that has variety in it and that challenges you. * 3:38 - The Landmark Forum basically teaches you that there's what happens in your life, and there's the story you tell yourself about what happened, and your power lies in that story. * 11:16 - If you're struggling with emotions, because sometimes it can be so challenging for us to unpack what it is in our heads that is causing us to be so angsty or to feel so much discomfort in a difficult client exchange. So therapy is a really great thing Links Connect with me on LinkedIn. Order my book! Transcript Who is our ideal listener? This podcast is for young professionals who want to learn to play the emotional context sport of business and experience less drama and more success. How can you be more logical and less emotional? Be strategic, and Work Mom Says can help you. “I tell people to back up, put down the magnifying glass, and look at the big picture when you’re responding to something,” said Lori Jo Vest, Work Mom. “In doing this, you will understand that what’s really upsetting you right now will be something you don’t even remember next week.” What value can people get from listening to this podcast? Listening to Work Mom Says can help you grow your mood management skills, improve your ability to reframe situations, and look at things from a strategic point of view. This makes it easier to enter a work situation and get the most positive results. On Work Mom Says, we also offer tips and tricks for creating connected positive relationships that last over time. People will want you on the team if you can create connected positive relationships and work environments. You become an asset, and you will be more successful when you’re an asset. “I also like to talk about developing traits like optimism, persistence, tenacity, stick-to-itiveness, sticking with things, and approaching every project with a curious mind instead of a fearful mind,” said Lori Jo Vest, Work Mom. Why do I do this? A few more words from Work Mom I do this because I naturally fell into the Work Mom role when I worked in the ad agency business and had so much fun with it. I also realized I had made just about every mistake there was to make. I don’t hold myself as a stellar example of truth and how you should be. I hold myself out there as someone who has been bruised, battered, and beaten up and learned some important lessons. I’d love to share these lessons with young people so they don’t have to make those same mistakes or be the idiot I was. I also want to help young professionals realize that many things our culture prioritizes aren’t really important. We talk a lot about what should be important and how to present your best face at the office so that you can succeed. I’ve learned so much throughout my career, and it’s gratifying to share that with young professionals, help them avoid some of those mistakes, and help them achieve success sooner.