How to find renewed purpose in your professional life: my experience with the Aristote path
Professional lives are no longer linear. Today, careers change and evolve frequently, sometimes out of choice… but not always. When faced with loss of motivation or purpose, it is frequent to feel isolated and without bearings.
Know thyself
I was myself facing a career change when I was lucky enough to cross paths with Stephane Dieutre, founding member of the Institut Aristote and author of: Et maintenant, que vais-je faire ?
As I was leaving his conference « Leader, know thyself », I was left with :
#1 an observation : I have spent a lot of energy trying to smooth out my weaknesses but I have invested very little in my strengths and talents
#2 a question : in the end, what makes me unique and allows me to be impactful as a leader ?
Fueled by the desire to learn more about myself and find more purpose in my life, I decided to get to know the Aristote method.
The Aristote path
The Aristote method is a path structured around 7 steps meant to guide you through a benevolent introspection: who am I when I am being my best self? What makes me unique? How can I activate my talents, with impact and authenticity, while serving my team?
Each step of the path allows us to build a visual representation of our talents, values, needs and aspirations. Little by little, we build our talent characters®, our vision and purpose, which each strand of our being contributes to.
The last steps of the path aim at clarifying our ambition and projects as well as defining a personal and concrete action plan.
What I have learnt:
# Listening to yourself and observing
Traveling the Aristote path requires to take time to find yourself and get to know yourself all over again, like yourself, with benevolence, and be in the moment, conscious of yourself. The exercises facilitated during coaching enable the multiplication of information channels, the activation of creativity, observing with curiosity while welcoming self-discoveries under guidance.
# Reconnecting with your talents
Influenced by the teachings of Martin Seligman, founder of positive psychology, the Aristote method relies on our strengths, our talents, and our best attributes. Aligned with who I am, my impact is stronger, fairer, and more authentic. This alignment with my values, my talents is an engine for my life and my choices.
# Look for the positive
I used to focus so much on what I had to improve, that it led me to lose sight on everything I was doing well, naturally, and effortlessly, and which drove me to a positive and authentic energy. My impact is all the greater when I activate my talents, enjoy my contributions to the team and consciously place them at the service of a project.
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