Satisfaction and Values with Chris Yonker
Bob DePasquale, CFP?CAP?
Keynote Speaker | Helping growth-oriented organizations attract top talent and the most loyal customers
F-I-R-E = Feature, Inspiration, Resources, Education
Feature:
Chris Yonker successfully led a sales team for twenty-one years with a Fortune 500 company.? With that, he decided to leverage his life experience and years of education to help others achieve life satisfaction and founded The Center for Conscious Living and Fulfillment where he consults with and coaches CEOs, entrepreneurs and celebrities offering strategies that result in higher levels of happiness. Chris is a father, a seventh-degree black belt, and a trained Neuro-Linguistics Programming Practitioner (NLP). He has created a proprietary process that helps those he serves move beyond what is hindering them to incredible growth and transformation. Chris is a highly sought-after speaker and author.
Inspiration:?
by:?Stacee Jacobs?CPWA? RMA?, BFA?, Lead Planner at Initiate Impact
Chris grew up in a home where there was substance abuse and he also became a regular victim of bullying.? As a teen, he was responsible for his own care and safety and at fifteen he started taking martial arts classes. This became his outlet, and he attended classes several times per week for more than ten years. He achieved his black belt in college.? This experience became the driver for Chris to learn about himself and discover a new reality where he could identify all the things he believed about himself that were untrue and find the truths creating his life of success and fulfillment.
Chris works with business owners and their families as they are approaching a life transition. In this work, the focus is on creating and living a fulfilling life. He helps them recognize that life satisfaction does not come from only one area.
He shared that when he works with business owners and others, a large part of their work is focused on their values and the legacy that the individual wants to leave. The conversation often goes to for what they want to be remembered. Chris takes them through a process that helps them identify cause areas where they feel an emotion. They look for areas that are bothersome to or even joyful and fulfilling. Then, they work to create a strategy where they can utilize their wisdom, experiences, talents, and strengths to truly make an impact.? He has seen that when his clients are fully engaged in their giving, they are happier and more fulfilled in their generosity.
Because martial arts training was integral for Chris to overcome his childhood trauma, he volunteers weekly with a non-profit organization that provides this instruction to those who do not have the financial means to obtain it elsewhere.? He is passionate about changing the lives of others and is leveraging his talent to begin to make positive change with those with a similar upbringing.
Resources:
Education:
We know from our experiences that many individuals want to give of their resources to better our world. We also know that many of them feel unsatisfied or disconnected from their current giving.? Achieving satisfaction can be accomplished by building congruency in generosity with your values.?
What role do satisfaction and values play in our philanthropy?
领英推è
Satisfaction
?“Our culture has at its core the idea that more is better. Many of us design our lives around this belief. And yet the underlying qualities that truly affect happiness are not advanced one whit by having more material things. More peace of mind is gained by allowing ourselves to be satisfied with what we already have. More joy is not bought; it is found in our hearts.â€
-Karen Ramsey ? Everything You Know About Money Is Wrong
Satisfaction describes a feeling of fulfillment or contentment. Its meaning is relative and often dependent on one’s definition of success as applied to specific areas of life. In our philanthropic lives, “satisfaction†is as much (if not more) an emotional issue as a practical one. That is because a sense of satisfaction is highly subjective, and greatly influenced by the individual’s attitudes and beliefs.?
In addition, priorities can change over time and affect one’s feeling of satisfaction. Another experience for many individuals is that their desire to increase their charitable giving grows in importance over time as does the sense of satisfaction they receive from sharing their financial resources, their energy, and their time.?
Those who are dissatisfied with their giving are often unsure of the source of their feelings. For example, they may feel disconnected from the causes they are supporting or where they are volunteering their time and talent. They may have only chosen to support the organization because someone they cared about asked them to. They may have been giving because of other motivations like recognition or status, which rarely result in a sense of satisfaction.
Therefore, the groundwork for making positive change in our own generosity is awareness— the enlightenment that comes from first assessing our individual levels of satisfaction; and then recognizing the unique and personal circumstances, behaviors, and attitudes that impede a sense of satisfaction.?
?Values?
Values are the essential meanings relating to what is desirable or has worth. Like “satisfaction,†values are subjective in meaning and unique to everyone. In a nutshell, values reflect what matters most to us.?
When thinking about values, we often think in terms of principles or standards we consider important such as “honesty,†“loyalty,†or “altruism.� We also tend to think of values in terms of what we hold most dear such as “my family,†“my faith,†or “my health.�
Our values are also those intangibles that keep us motivated. Motivators vary from person to person, but examples include wealth, recognition, achievement, intelligence, creativity, challenge, adventure, harmony, and so on.? Additionally, they can be represented by circumstances that are bothersome to us or an area of life that we identify as needing improvement.
Values provide both the purpose for our activities and the criteria for how we allocate our personal resources of time, energy, skills, and money. When there is incongruence between our values and the way we “spend†those resources, inner conflict or dissatisfaction will result.?
When developing or modifying your generosity plan to incorporate what matters to you most. ? Your values will undoubtedly increase your level of satisfaction. Our team believes that the first step to achieving that congruence is to understand where you are at today. In the resources section of this newsletter, you will find a free resource entitled “The Wheel of Lifeâ€, which will help you think through how satisfied you feel today with each facet of your life. We welcome you to leverage this exercise on your journey to a more fulfilled life.