SONG OF THE SELF
PROFESSOR DAVIS
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I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
I loafe and invite my soul,
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.
My tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd from this soil,
this air,
Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and
their parents the same,
I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,
Hoping to cease not till death.
Creeds and schools in abeyance,
Retiring back a while sufficed at what they are, but never
forgotten,
I harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard,
Nature without check with original energy.
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-Whitman, Song of Myself
SERIOUS INTRODUCTIONS
• Name
• General academic area
• Why you are taking this course
• A story about you at your best
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WHAT WAS YOUR
DREAM?
WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?
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THE TRAPS
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“Having it all” – quickly, at once, with no effort
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“Work-life balance”
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Isn’t your work part of your life??
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Paradox of work
Living within “your” means
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Are they your means, or everyone else’s?
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Golden handcuffs
No one cares what you want
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You do, so ASK YOURSELF!
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If you do that, you’ll starve!
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So many people try that and fail
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Are you motivated, or not?
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WORK WE LOVE
• Challenging
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Flow
• Fulfilling
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Matches strengths and values
• Fits our lives, schedules, and priorities
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Health, money, family, self
• Allows us to fulfill our potential
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Generativity
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Integrity
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Creativity
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SELF-ASSESSMENT
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SELF-ASSESSMENTS
• Many of them are BS, and don’t you know yourself anyway?
• Probably not, so you’re going to have to help them figure it out
• Use these as a baseline, like all assessments/evaluations
• What are your real talents?
• Serious introductions!
• Coach accordingly
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INTERNAL RESUME
• Fits with external resume
• What have you done?
• Dragon-slaying stories
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You need to elicit these
• Demonstrate your personal awesomeness
• Connect with the meaning of the work and the mission/value proposition of the company
• Integrate feedback into this
• SWOT!
• This should be an ongoing process involving both manager and HR
• HR coordinates this
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INTEGRATE WITH PERSONAL MISSION
• Where is all of this taking you and how does it fit into your
personal mission and reason(s) for taking this job?
• What is your “itch”?
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