Ep47 | How to find your purpose in 2021 and beyond | Bernard Schokman, The Workshop Mechanic, Finding your purpose | Ep47

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How to find your purpose in 2021 and beyond.

Today I had the pleasure of bringing back Bernard Schokman onto The Mind to Lead after 12 months from our previous conversation.

Which you can catch here - https://www.mindbodytolead.com/episode2

Bernard always thought his dream was to become a farmer or a vet. It seemed like an appropriate dream given his love of plants and animals. However, it seems that life had other plans for him.

Bernard commenced his career with a solid decade of designing, coding and testing on a multitude of tech-stacks. "I was never a gifted technologist, but I was always creative and could find a way to design and code any solution. It was oddly and nerdishly satisfying."

Bernard caught fire when he stepped into Design Thinking.

While delivering one of the very first UX Design Courses in Australia, Bernard found himself designing a user research workshop for discovery and insight, and at the time the software design process desperately needed acceleration to keep pace with development.

And that's when it happened; the spark that he was missing ignited - "I'm a Workshop Mechanic!!!"

Bernard still loves applying the design principles to workshops and research. He always finds it oddly satisfying to watch as designs unfold with discovery, insight and unexpected outcomes. He thinks (in a way) he's kind of like those designs, "I'm mouldable and adaptable while still keeping my principles intact."

Applied Design Thinking is a total fascination for Bernard.

It's all "Conversation Design".
- How to make the horse drink the water.

At the core, however, Bernard is a father to three kids and a partner to a wonderful woman, "and that's what it really comes down to". Bernard likes to learn, and he loves good conversation. He'll bend over backwards to help someone and also understand the value in standing back. "Balance."

(2:30) What has been happening over the last 12 months since we spoke last on the podcast?

(5:25) How would you define "purpose" and what does it mean to you?

(9:50) People coming to you lost and not sure where to turn. What are the first steps that people should do?

(13:20) Are we too busy comparing ourselves to others? Why are we living in a society where we are looking for external things to fulfil us?

(17:15) Do you find a difference between people who have found their purpose and who haven't? What trends are you seeing why people are coming to you to find their purpose?

(20:20) People know who they are. They have the confidence to go after their purpose. What is the next step?

(24:00) Surrounding yourself with positive, like-minded people.

(26:20) What action do you advise people to take once they have found their purpose and they're in the right community?

(29:57) For someone who wants to transition careers who feel stuck because they have mortgage and kids etc.

(35:40) The more experience we have, the more we learn.

(37:45) What does success look like to Bernard today - is it the same, or different?

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30-minute Zoom with Bernard - A 30-MINUTE ZOOM CALL | Feel free to reach out and book a zoom with him if you ever need any support, guidance or advice with those tricky workshops. "We can get it done together. No strings"
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