Find Your Passion and Your People with Nikki Lewallen, Chief Meaningful Work Officer at The PeopleForward Network

Have you found work that gives you life? Or does your day-to-day feel like a grind?

Nikki Lewallen, Chief Meaningful Work Officer at The PeopleForward Network, often uses a Japanese concept called Ikigai to help others find their career sweet spot and discover work that fuels them. Nikki believes that your career can—and should—benefit all other areas of your life.

In this episode, you’ll hear how building a community of like-minded people will help you discover the unique contribution you bring to the world and allow you to achieve more, faster.


Show Notes

Transcript of the episode

Additional Resources:

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • Strive for excellence, not perfection.

  • Community enables you to reach your potential.

  • Find work that fuels you and the world.

Things to listen for:

[03:00] Finding your sweet spot in business
[06:00] Embracing failure and feedback
[09:45] Working toward the greater good
[11:30] Discovering work that fuels you
[14:15] Leading by putting people first
[16:30] The value of community
[18:00] Ikigai: finding your ideal life
[20:30] The mission of The PeopleForward Network
[24:30] Goals of The PeopleForward Network
[32:34] Tim’s Take