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You Are the Product: Building the Best Version of You | Julia Borgan

Writer: OPMMAOPMMA
Mar 81 min read

"You can't be curious and furious at the same time," Julia (Yulia) Borgan quipped at last night's OPMMA meetup. Her session dug into some of the crippling physical, emotional, and mental states that working professionals can get into, as well as expounding on the importance of prioritizing the elements that give you energy so that you can do your best work.


Here are some of my takeaways from her session:

  • Codifying the various modes of your physical being: Survival, Burnout, Recovery, and Performance. 

  • Finding energy from your physical, emotional, and mental states, but also the overall purpose of your work. 

  • Reminding me to prioritize the things I love to do - explore, innovate, empathize and activate (make things happen!)

  • Hold your decisions today accountable to the only person who matters: yourself at 80 years old


And who doesn't love a survey? Julia recommended Positive Intelligence's "Saboteur Assessment", which provides insights into how you might be sabotaging your performance, well-being and relationships: 



You can connect with Julia Borgan on LinkedIn or via her website: 


Thanks, Ottawa Product Management & Marketing Association for hosting such an engaging, energetic speaker!




 



This Review was written by Amanda Holtstrom

 
 
 

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