Meyer's Management Model #37
Sustainable You Model
How can I keep up my ability to perform throughout my working life?
Key Definitions
Something is sustainable if you can keep it up in the long run. In recent years, it has become commonplace to question the sustainability of our economic value-adding activities, as natural resources are being rapidly run down, while the ecological and social environment are being negatively impacted more quickly than they can recover. ???
But you can also run yourself down, choosing to achieve quick wins in the short run at the expense of your capacity to function and thrive over the long run. Where someone undermines their ability to keep up their level of performance over an extended period of time, we say they damage their personal sustainability.
Conceptual Model
The Sustainable You Model gives an overview of the four key areas in your personal environment in which you need to invest to remain in the game in the long run. With a wink to Muhammad Ali, these four “wings” of sustainability will allow you “to float like a butterfly, but sting like a bee”. Just as the UN has set 17 Sustainable Development Goals for the broader world community, this model presents 20 personal sustainable development goals for you as an individual.
Key Elements
The four key areas of personal sustainability are the following:
1.????Energy: Vitality Sustainability. To keep functioning in the long run, you first need to maintain your physical and mental energy. You need to safeguard your vigor and avoid running down your battery by paying attention to the five levers of sustained vitality:
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2.????Embeddedness: Relational Sustainability. Your healthy functioning also depends on maintaining the web of relationships in which you are embedded. As a social animal, you can’t thrive in isolation, but need to have warm interactions with five groups:
3.????Employability: Competence Sustainability. To keep functioning in an everchanging work environment, while ensuring that future career opportunities remain, you need to continuously upgrade your competencies. There are five levers of sustained employability:
4.????Engagement: Motivation Sustainability. To keep functioning in the long run, you also need to remain inspired. Some activities will give a quick thrill in the short run, but to stay engaged you need to focus attention on all five levers of sustained motivation:
Key Insights
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2 年Wow, really detailed. Good base for self coaching or career consulting. I also developed a “well-aging” model, and happy to see overlap;) There was one extra area which I experienced the audience found very useful: it is your contious actions to build an economic/ financial base for your 65-95 years;)
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2 年Ron Meyer the wait was absolutely worth it! This is a fantastic model you created reflecting on one's ability to perform throughout the working life... Really creative incorporating 20 self development goals in the "sustainable you butterfly"! Definitely worth sharing :) Ps: Challenging question you pose, as is super complete the model. What about including a component of "purpose" within the model? As I think you touch some important parts with contribution or enjoyment, but maybe I would find of relevance to have reflected in the model in what the person also care most about (e.g., purpose: to make a difference in what you care most about). Let me know your thoughts & waiting for your next model no 38!
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2 年E=mc2 Energy = Motivation x Communication x Creativity ;)
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2 年A great model Ron! I remember participating in an intensive course on "strategic paradoxes" with you 25 years ago. A very enriching experience! You excel in the art of embracing and synthesizing complexity!