168 Alison Proffit: How to Bring More Joy into What You Do (and How You Do It!)

Published: March 10, 2022, 10 a.m.

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In this episode of the Learning from Smart People Podcast with Rob Oliver, we hear how to bring more joy into what you do and how you do it from Alison Proffit. Alison is a life and business coach based in Colorado. As you will learn, she has had some ups and downs in her life and her business which have given her tremendous insights. She works with people in their pursuit of joy.

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Here are some of the topics covered as Alison Proffit shares how to bring more joy into what you do and how you do it on this episode of the Learning from Smart People Podcast with Rob Oliver:

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\\xb7 Alison\\u2019s backstory of creating a vision for where she would be in the future. Amazingly, that vision had her living in a different place and doing a different job
\\n\\xb7 The roller coaster experience of moving 9 times, getting fired multiple times, trying to start a business and getting a divorce, all within two years!
\\n\\xb7 Living safely isn\\u2019t always most joyful
\\n\\xb7 The ups and downs are formative in our experience
\\n\\xb7 You must allow your employees whole human being to show up at work
\\n\\xb7 The baseball analogy, finding the difference between playing it safe and being too risky
\\n\\xb7 Most people\\u2019s goal is to be joyful
\\n\\xb7 Your intuition helps you recognize when you are not aligned with your own values
\\n\\xb7 Don\\u2019t live looking in the rearview mirror, learn from what happens and move forward
\\n\\xb7 Every experience as a learning opportunity and not a referendum on your intelligence
\\n\\xb7 How you do anything is how you do everything
\\n\\xb7 Everything is energy
\\n\\xb7 Joy comes from a culture that makes people feel valued and safe
\\n\\xb7 Joy is the best business strategy
\\n\\xb7 Sometimes we need to reevaluate our business practices to line them up with our values
\\n\\xb7 Everyone must create their own definition of joy and happiness
\\n\\xb7 Being in the moment provides more opportunities for joy
\\n\\xb7 The longer we are alive the more judgments we learn
\\n\\xb7 We are born as beings of love
\\n\\xb7 The KISS method: Keeping It Soulfully Simple
\\n\\xb7 There are a million paths to everything
\\n\\xb7 We must reverse engineer the \\u201cWhen I have this, I will do this, then I will be this\\u201d concept
\\n\\xb7 We are not taught how to tune into ourselves nor how to set boundaries
\\n\\xb7 Your joy is yours and nothing can ever change that

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You can learn more about Alison Proffit and the work that she is currently doing through the website and links below. You can also schedule an introductory session with her:

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Website http://www.getsoulfulsuccess.com
\\nScheduling https://calendly.com/alison-proffit-coach/30min
\\nLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/proffitcoach/

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