Why it's worth it to pursue your passion | Kate De Jong | TEDxAlmansorParkStudio
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
- The majority (77%) of our global workplace feels disengaged and unfulfilled at work. Nearly half of employees around the world feel stressed and anxious. There’s a fundamental problem in how we’re encouraged to choose our career paths. Our society's narrow definition of "success" is making people disengaged, stressed, physically unwell and in many cases - suicidal. Attempted teen suicides have doubled in the last decade. Why? Because of “High expectations and pressure to succeed in a culture of achievement.” Why do we put this unnecessary pressure on our young children - and ourselves?
In this deeply personal and emotional story, Dr Kate De Jong shares her journey of being trapped in a career that was slowly making her sick from the inside out. She calls for a cultural shift in our definition of success towards unapologetically pursuing what "makes you come alive”. Because as the late Howard Thurman said “The world needs people who have come alive.” This thought-provoking, evidence-based presentation will leave you intrigued about realigning your life in a way that allows you to thrive, physically and emotionally, while making your highest contribution.
Dr Kate De Jong is a business mentor for start-up entrepreneurs and small businesses. She stepped away from her 15-year consulting engineering career in 2012 to start her own business after struggling for more than a decade with chronic fatigue, anxiety and mystery illnesses. After a series of devastating events in her mid-thirties, she realised it was her career that was making her sick. She had no choice but to quit.
Kate is passionate about helping people understand the link between vocational happiness and mental health. She challenges our societal definition of “success” and the pursuit of careers solely based on external measures of success like money or status. Her personal experience has taught her that workplace disengagement, stress, and anxiety are often caused by people suppressing their true selves to meet others' expectations.
Kate now helps people like herself who don’t fit into the ‘corporate box’ to find and realise their contribution through entrepreneurship. As an award-winning coach, bestselling author and host of the Thriving Business podcast, Kate’s vision is to make business easy so that purpose-driven entrepreneurs can make the difference they’re here to make. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
Being vulnerable with sharing your story is what ultimately helps others to feel safe enough to have the courage to make a change. Well done on this awesome talk. I loved it.
Thank you so much Nicola! I'm so glad you enjoyed it and yes I hope it helps people have the courage to talk about these things with the people close to them, thanks for your support! x
Congrats on this, Kate! There is so much resonance in your story. I took the long road to doing what I love at the expense of my physical and mental health. You are so right. The traditional and corporate paths suit a lot of people, but they're not for everyone, and we have to honour that once we come to understand that for ourselves. I'm a better human and love life so much more now I'm in work that makes me come alive.
Thank you so much Carmen! So true, we need to honour our own truth when we finally understand it. I just wish our society was more supportive in helping people to find their own truth and celebrate it when they do :) Thank you for your support! x
You're talking my language Kate, well done!
Thank you James! Haha yes we are definitely on the same page with this topic :) Thanks as always for your support!
Great insights Kate and can fully relate to your story. Thanks for sharing with the world!
Thank you so much Todd! Ha yes I know you fully understand this. Thanks for watching and for your support as always!
Well said
Thank you Nic!!
It depends on what each person and how he/she define the word « success ».
For me, it is just having a good HEALTH and having a good time with my family and after the work . . .
I agree @Lolcoca, it would be great if our society would embrace that concept more broadly and stop putting so much pressure on our young people to "achieve", which in the end detracts from health and good times with family and friends