people are profersonal™
DESCRIPTION
My manifesto on why drawing clean lines between one's professional dn personal worlds is a fool's errand, and how to be succes in today's connected world.TRANSCRIPT
Company outing in Miami. On the beach. Photo courtesy Sanden Daphid
People are profersonal™.
People liketo put theirlives into
two boxes:personal &
professional.
< Personal me.Professional me. >
Box complications killed McDonald’s McDLT sandwich in 1990.
These boxes are surprisingly complicated to maintain.
Lifeburgers don’tfit nicely in boxes.
An AJ Bombers black bean burger. Yum. (Milwaukee, WI)
Personal life at work: 59% of us have dated
coworkers.
Professional life at home: 35% of Fortune 500 companies are family run.
(And you thought your Thanksgiving was stressful!)
20% of FB
“friends” are work people.
Soul doesn’t go in a box,
• meetings • birthday parties • analyst calls • bowling leagues • negotiations • doctor visits
• training seminars • vacations • presentations • reunions • client visits • drinks • job interviews• block parties • business trips • poker nights •
workouts • power lunches • date nights •
budgeting
activities do!
Activities can be professional.
team meeting
convention
project work
client review
Activities can be personal.
social sports
parenting
holiday dinner
charity ball
People + boxes =away from goodness
How can you live asmarter • easier •
simplerprofersonal™ life?
work friendships drive loyalty
67% of adults (could be your boss) drink
Bring personality to your work,bring responsibility to your play.
Own your entire story, 100%.
Be responsible with the truth. Don’t hide it.
Connect your worlds, control their collision.
Periodically reassess the company you keep.!!!!!!!!!!!
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust the themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Trust common themes you hear repeated about yourself.
Stretchyourself.
Flexibilityleads tobalance.
Do professional things,do personal things.
Be profersonal™.
Now it’s your turn. Take the leap!
Thank you! Jason Seiden Ajax Workforce Marketing [email protected] @seiden • in/seiden
Credits
Information Dating coworkers: http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?id=pr553&sd=2%2F9%2F2010&ed=12%2F31%2F2010 Friends and loyalty: http://gmj.gallup.com/content/511/Item-10-I-Have-a-Best-Friend-at-Work.aspx Office romance: http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa/vcm/detail/Career-Advice/Office-Romance/Colleagues-With-Benefits:-Whos-Doing-What-?id=54890&filter_type=0&filter_id=0Drinking rates: http://www.gallup.com/poll/141656/drinking-rate-edges-slightly-year-high.aspxFamily business rates: http://www.uvm.edu/~vfbi/?Page=facts.htmlFacebook connections: http://creativegroup.mediaroom.com/facebookuse McDLT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:McDLT_Packaging.jpg Photoshttp://www.hypnos.com/smf/index.php?topic=3726.0 http://www.cslab.ece.ntua.gr/~nkoziris/images/office.jpg http://lumen-chicago.com/07-29-11/ http://www.funnypictures.net.au/cube-prank/http://www.yourmilwaukeedining.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/AJ-Bombers-BlackBean-Burger-300x200.jpgLeigh CaraccioliSanden Daphid Getty