What Are Your Themes & Throughlines?

𝗬𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝗽.

I started with my own experiences - moments across my life and career when I felt most alive, creative, and connected.

For transparency’s sake, I’ll share the results of my own reflection.

Across a pretty eclectic list of experiences - from leading enterprise go-to-market efforts and traveling the world for client and stakeholder meetings, to being a Universal Studios tour guide, motivating diverse groups to surpass fitness targets, and coaching high performers through reinvention - 5 themes came up again and again:

✨ Designing experiences that move people

✨ Energizing others to go further than they thought possible

✨ Learning through new lenses (cultures, industries, perspectives)

✨ Storytelling that connects and makes meaning

✨ Creating things that didn’t exist before - but needed to

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀.

But here’s what I know: it’s not about the title or the company.

It’s about what’s underneath - what brings real fuel to your fire.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁?

Because when you know your themes, you stop outsourcing fulfillment to the next job or the next goal.

You can begin to 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 - 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 - 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆.

That’s the difference between just doing your job - and truly leading from depth.

If you tried the reflection exercise yesterday, I’d love to hear:

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶?