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It's been eight years since our world changed in an instant on September 11th 2001. Our world perspective was suddenly viewed through a new expanded lens courtesy the internet, globalization, international security and economic concerns. As a reporter for the national radio program, Marketplace Morning Report, my world was turned upside down as I reported from the rubble of the World Trade Center and Wall Street.
But from the chaos of 911 emerged a new passion for me: to identify and report on the drastic changes, dynamic innovations, and demons in our work life culture. Nearly three years ago I started blogging on the topic, then came podcasts (you can hear these at my Judy Martin Speaks site) and now I'm taking it up a notch into my comfort zone of television. This is the first episode of WorkLife Nation.
Here's the back story: 911 brought many painful but rich memories which will forever be etched into my heart and mind. Learning that my friend, News 12 Photographer and NYC Police Officer Glenn Pettit was killed in Tower 2, was deafening to the soul. But the camaraderie we all experienced always rings through this time of the year. I had the gift of volunteering with the children of the victims at Pier 94 where the families were offered services.
Our lives would never be the same again, nor would our work lives and careers, which fascinated me. 911 stirred the pot and had us questioning how we live our lives and how we work. Did we live to work - or work to live?
Economic setbacks and shifts in our social structure continued to fuel a blur between work and life. Furthermore, the idea that passion and profit were mutually exclusive was dealt a seismic shift in my brain regarding career and work. "It doesn't have to be that way," I thought, "We can rebuild him, we have the technology to make him better (theme song from The Bionic Man, The Bionic Woman) we have the capability to create a happier and more satisfying working experience - a vocation." 911 catapulted me into a world where I felt compelled to examine and report on our work life culture from a more human perspective: from the post-911 workplace fears, to corporate malfeasance, to family leave, to the Americans with Disabilities Act, to employee engagement, to work life flexibility and the elusive work life balance debate.
From the ashes of chaos during 911 emerged a passion to figure out how the work life merge might be navigated with more awareness and consciousness. Thus, WorkLife Nation was born.
WorkLife Nation Episode One: The Great Merge! In the first episode of WorkLifeNation Success, Serenity & Significance 24/7 - you'll hear about how the internet as a catalyst is changing the way we work and do business in a challenging new economy. We’re more connected, and our workplace is evolving, entrepreneurs abound and many work from home.
Be it baby boomer, Gen X or Gen Y, many thirst for more meaningful work, but demand more family and me time. The lines have blurred in the quest for success, serenity and significance in our worklife . We’re redefining success in terms of values, passion and profit. You'll hear from author and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuck of WinelibraryTV.com. Passion is the underlying theme in his book: "Crush It." Social Media Guru Chris Brogan who wrote "Trust Agents" with colleague Julien Smith, talks about the core value of trust, when doing business on the internet.
But to succeed -we have to keep the flame going and that means Serenity: cultivating resilience while navigating sensory overload. Exercise, Yoga and mediation are gaining speed at work. That's where Andrew Newberg M.D shares from his book, “How God Changes your Brain.” From there you'll hear from Cali Williams Yost – CEO of WorkLIfeFit Inc. We’ve done some work together and she’s got her finger on the pulse of worklife flex.
The more flexible we are the easier it will be to make a difference -and that’s where significance comes in. Conscious work toward a greater purpose. Deepak Chopra weighs in on his thoughts. In these radically changing times people are clamoring for more humanity in work and in business. Question is, how can we have more meaningful work and master success, serenity and significance in the chaotic waters of a world that changes in an instant. You’ll hear a lot more from these pioneering voices in future episodes of WorkLifeNation.
Contact Judy at: JudyMartinSpeaks.com or WorkLIfeNation.com.
