Listen "#5: Kelsey Bishop (SP/SO 3w2 378) — Chasing "The Dream" vs "My Dream," Authenticity at Work, and Learning How to Rest"
Episode Synopsis
Kelsey Bishop is a Type 3 (SP/SO 3w2 378) whose shift from chasing "The Dream" to discovering her dream tangibly illustrates the 3's growth journey. She is the Founder of Candor, a new kind of professional network dedicated to increasing fulfillment at work by helping you discover and share "how you work." I find Kelsey inspiring and refreshingly self-revealing. We get into some good core 3 stuff like work/activity as self-regulation and what it means to rest and restore oneself. This convo is a really good, "straight down the middle" intro to the Type 3.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro 3:47 What’s it like to be introduced? 5:00 Learning the Enneagram at work, discovering I was a 3 7:50 Work as self-regulation; “My desired mode is to be working”; checking things off, feeling accomplished; the “safe haven” of work (from emotions) 10:50 Contrasting work I love and work I don’t love; “It’s so easy to see what people want me to do” 12:35 On chasing “The Dream,” joining a rocketship, not liking it 20:15 Quit the company she didn’t like and took time for reflection: “That wasn’t me. So... what is me?” - how do you know? 22:45 Oil painting practice: “I feel good when I paint”; struggling with not feeling productive, but doing it anyway. “What makes me feel grounded?” 25:05 Founding Candor “feels like the most me thing I’ve ever done.’ “It’s definitely not The Dream. It’s definitely my dream. 27:15 What’s Candor? Why it’s “my dream.” Candor’s 3-ish flavor. Celebrating people. Bringing our full selves to work. Fulfilling potential. 31:10 3 integrating to 6. “For so long I thought work was checking things off a list and feeling accomplished. But when it’s tied to a deeper mission, it feels like magic.” 34:20 On feeling emotions. “In college I was human doer.” The fear that if I feel my emotions, “I’ll never stop crying.” The tradeoff — feel my emotions now or deal with the backlog later. 41:45 Body-mind / heart separation in the 3 44:45 Relationship with rest. Feeling “indulgent,” self-critical. Trying more unplanned “restorative” days, not overplanned “vacation.” 47:45 What it means to be restored. “Giving my brain a rest”; the discipline to meditate and the excuses that come up 50:30 3 as founder, raising money, being rejected by investors is like they’re rejecting “me”; getting comfortable with “failing” 58:50 3 as leader/CEO. Leading a team. Openness and authenticity as part of the culture. 1:03:45 Vulnerable retro after letting someone go; “Here’s where I messed up.” Setting a precedent for honest self-reflection. High side of 3 1:09:00 Conclusion
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