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    Work Freely: Love Your Job, Love Your Life
    Work Freely: Love Your Job, Love Your Life
    Work Freely: Love Your Job, Love Your Life
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    Work Freely: Love Your Job, Love Your Life

    By Nancy Richardson and Rochelle Davidson

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    Are you choosing your career and the life you want to live, or are circumstances choosing for you? In this smart, savvy book, marketing maven Nancy Richardson and executive coach Rochelle Davidson embolden you to create a career—and a life—that you love.In short, powerful stories, Nancy describes problems she has encountered in the workplace and her discovery of solutions—from consciously defining a personal leadership style to choosing bosses to determining core values as a means of clarity and resilience—that confer more agency, strength, and inspiration. In personal coaching sessions, Rochelle’s incisive commentary and questions reveal how these universal lessons can be applied to your life. Together, the authors illuminate the challenges—the good and the bad—faced by so many leaders of the 21st-century workforce, and a pathway for a new kind of professional.Work Freely shows you how to flip the script that says circumstances are beyond your control. By taking the time to lay out your goals, dreams, and aspirations, you can design a career to suit you—then choose the companies, bosses, friends, and other conditions that meet the criteria you’ve set, to live and work with ultimate freedom.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNancy Richardson
    Release dateSep 24, 2019
    ISBN9781999187910
    Work Freely: Love Your Job, Love Your Life
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    Nancy Richardson

    Wife, mom, and dedicated student of Muay Thai kickboxing and Brazilian jiujitsu, Nancy Richardson began her career with a BA from the University of Washington and an MBA from Ohio State University. After more than twenty years of working in large, corporate environments, including Starbucks and lululemon—where she put in insane hours, had little time with her family, and felt others determined her worth—she decided to design her own life by tapping into the era of start-ups and passion projects, building meaningful brands, and working from home to spend more time with her family. Nancy is the Co-Founder and Principal Strategist of Dragon Lady and Mom ’n’ Pop Shop, two women-led, Vancouver-based marketing start-ups that embody the concept of working freely. Her mission is to embolden the workforce of the future. Nancy was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, and currently lives in Vancouver, Canada.

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      Work Freely - Nancy Richardson

      Work Freely: Love your job, love your life. Nancy Richardson and Rochelle Davidson

      Work Freely

      Love your job, love your life. Nancy Richardson and Rochelle DavidsonWork Freely. AsianDragonLady Productions

      Copyright © 2019 by Nancy Richardson and Rochelle Davidson

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a licence from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For a copyright licence, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777.

      ISBN 978-1-9991879-0-3 (paperback)

      ISBN 978-1-9991879-1-0 (ebook)

      Published by AsianDragonLady Productions

      Produced by Page Two

      www.pagetwo.com

      Cover design by Kristine Arth

      Interior design by Taysia Louie and Fiona Lee

      Interior illustrations by Fiona Lee

      Ebook by Bright Wing Books (brightwing.ca)

      www.workfreely.co

      It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

      e.e. cummings

      Contents

      This Book Is for You

      Part I Choose Your Life

      01 Dragon Lady

      02 The Boss Effect

      03 Breadwinner

      04 The New Normal

      Part II Define Your Leadership

      05 One Million Likes

      06 Daily Mantra

      07 A Decent Proposal

      Part III Find Your Power

      08 The Value Proposition

      09 A Fancy Title

      10 Super Self

      What’s Next?

      Thanks

      Landmarks

      Cover

      Copyright Page

      Table of Contents

      Body Matter

      This Book

      Is for You

      The concept of this book is choosing your life instead of letting it choose you. All too often, we are consumed by trying to fit into someone else’s box, going from one job to the next, one manager to the next, one project to the next, only to realize that years, and maybe even decades, have gone by in the pursuit of achieving a life we hoped would someday become a reality. Work Freely is about flipping the script and taking the time to lay out your goals, dreams, and aspirations—designing your career to suit you—then choosing the companies, bosses, friends, and other circumstances that meet the criteria you’ve set, to live and work with ultimate freedom. This book is about choosing your path, defining your leadership, and finding your power to make a life you love not just a possibility but a sure thing.

      In the pages ahead, you’ll find a series of stories, each followed by personal coaching by my very own longtime executive coach, Rochelle Davidson. My stories reflect the career challenges I have faced that have kept me from feeling free in the workplace. Coaching is what helped me overcome these obstacles. As you read Rochelle’s coaching sections (Get Coached to Work Freely), envision that you’re in a session with her, having an intimate discussion that involves all of your senses, in a time just for you. The lessons I share in my stories, combined with Rochelle’s coaching commentary, are designed to equip you with the tools to manage adversity, accelerate your career, and access your Super Self. (See chapter 10.)

      This book is meant to be read right before bed, on vacation, or whenever you need to calm a busy mind. It is a tool to help you relax, take back control of your life circumstances, and embrace the fact that you cannot fail, you can only learn. I hope that you can relate to the stories, personally benefit from the coaching, and know that you are never alone. Read the chapters in any order you like, feeling free to jump around and choose those that are most relevant to you, at the times in your life when you need them the most.

      NANCY RICHARDSON

      Get Coached

      Working beside Nancy in an executive coaching capacity, I am constantly inspired by her courage to look herself in the mirror in service of becoming the leader, mother, wife, and friend she knows she is. That Nancy is willing to so openly share her journey and her lessons is a gift to all of us.

      As your coach throughout these pages, I will be your thought partner, cheerleader, ass kicker, and collaborator. You are the expert in your life and I am a fierce stand for what you want, holding that vision even when you are not able to. I don’t tell you what you need to do. That’s up to you. As a coach, I ask you questions—sometimes inspiring, sometimes really frustrating—with the goal of deepening your learning and activating those areas that are most important for you.

      In today’s complex and uncertain times, the world needs leaders like Nancy and like you. You are conscious leaders who want to be your best, design your path, learn from experience, lean into challenges, and ultimately have big impacts. It’s not about taking the easy road; it is about doing what’s right—for yourself, your team, your family, your community—and in that there is a sense of freedom. The ripple effect is significant. The world becomes a better place.

      Rochelle Davidson

      Part 1: Choose Your Life

      01

      Dragon Lady

      Declare Who You Are Not, Discover Who You Are

      There are almost as many definitions of what it means to be a leader as there are people working on leadership. How must you show up so that you inspire others to follow, regardless of your position or title? Trying to fit into one of the established definitions of leadership competency rarely works! When you figure out who you are at your core, have the humility to accept who you are not, and act from this place of authenticity, people will follow—and you will leave your mark on the world.

      It was May 2010. I was beginning my new job at lululemon as the director of digital guest experience. In my first few weeks on the job, it was apparent that I was not at Starbucks anymore. I’d like to say I’m someone who makes decisions and never looks back. But boy did I spend a lot of time wondering if I had made the right decision. Had I been crazy to leave? Where would I be if I had stayed? I knew that looking backward would not help me move forward, but I was struggling with the choice I had made.

      The Starbucks Support Center in Seattle, Washington, employed four thousand employees and more than 200,000 partners worldwide. The Support Center

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