Dec 19, 2019
In this the 8th podcast episode in the Legendary Leaders
series, we meet Sarah Weiler, owner of Power of Uke, TedX Speaker,
Comedian and DJ (having played Glastonbury in 2019).
Sarah shares some great insights into life and interests. She
refers to the analogy of a carousel when it comes to having a
varied lifestyle and not wanting to focus on just one ‘thing’ in
life.
Putting your life and interests on the carousel acknowledges
them all without the worry of forgetting one area when your focus
is elsewhere. Sarah also redefines focus, explaining that it
doesn’t mean having to pick one thing and only do that, but rather
ensuring that at any one point in time you focus completely and
fully on that one area to give it your all.
Sarah shares with us the unique workshops she has run with
numerous corporates where she takes people through a process to
learn the ukulele, write a song and perform it, and the immediate
reactions she receives compared to the feedback from those involved
at the end.
She explains the sense of self-belief that the workshops help
to create, and the role they play enabling participants to have a
bit of fun, loosen up and get into a good mental and interpersonal
state for doing their work. Sarah challenges the recent trend of
‘niching’ when it comes to our work, which can cause unnecessary
stress and potentially overlook the variety of skills and areas of
life we enjoy.
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In this episode you will learn:
- A great tool to use to view your life and interests without feeling overwhelmed by everything you have on your plate.
- How Sarah’s workshops have challenged participants and built
their self-belief.
- How Sarah keeps creating a life that’s full of variety, fun and growth, consciously deciding not to choose only one direction.
About Cathleen:
As a trained Leadership & Mindset Coach, Facilitator and
Keynote Speaker Cathleen supports high achieving but worn-out Women
in Corporates create a more content & balanced life without
sacrificing their hard-earned success.
Cathleen focuses on women who lost their sense of purpose, who
feel they are running in a hamster wheel, trying to please everyone
but themselves. She helps people turn their careers around so that
they start feeling fulfilled and excited again about the Mondays to
come.
Her proven 6-step "Legend Framework" helps Leaders go from
feeling lost, lacking confidence and clarity about their career to
owning their next career step, feeling at ease with themselves and
others, excited about their future and able to tackle any obstacle
that may get in their way. At the end of the process, Cathleen's
clients will feel healthier, happier, energised and clear about
their future.
She works with action takers who really want to make an impact
on the world around them - people who are driven by purpose. If you
are a female high-achiever and you are ready to take your career to
the next level whilst fully enjoying your personal life, then get
in touch!
With over 15 years of leadership experience in Retail, Media &
Broadcasting, Engineering and Property Investment, Cathleen has not
only experienced the challenges and opportunities of a
leader herself, she has also been leading and supporting
various leadership development projects within large, complex,
multinational matrix organisations. These are exactly the
experiences that made her choose to help leaders across the world
step out of the “daily hamster wheel” and into a life of purpose,
inspiration and courage to live a life on their own
terms.
Cathleen's Links:
About Sarah Weiler:
Sarah has spent the last 12 years teaching, facilitating and
coaching all over the world and working hard to build a life full
of activities that make her feel alive. These include: Power of Uke
(using the ukulele to access Growth Mindset and Creativity in
corporate organisations like Google and PWC), Rye Laughs Comedy
night, DJing, stand-up comedy, career and life coaching, teaching
money mindset, becoming a TEDx speaker around the topic of Quitting
and most recently creating The Carousel. Her claim to fame is her
GDPR comedy song, which went viral.
Having so many things on the go at the same time can lead to
overwhelm if we're trying to do them all at the same time, and
feeling as though we not giving all the attention to all things at
all times. Enter then the concept of the Carousel, devised by Sarah
Weiler, who honours that having variety in life and career doesn't
have to mean doing all the things at the same
time, and that variety can also mean focus. Not one or the
other.
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WHERE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S ON SARAH'S
CAROUSEL:
Day of Musical Joy - December 8: Email Sarah