Show Notes
The bravest thing most of us will ever do is refuse to abandon ourselves in order to be accepted. Jordan Jones is living that out loud.
It's easy to see someone in their role and assume they always had it figured out. This conversation pulls back the curtain on the real journey: leaving public health, looking honestly at the next ten years, and choosing not to let the work turn him into someone he doesn't recognize. Jordan names something a lot of us feel and rarely say out loud, that people can sense when you're performing, and they can feel it when you're real.
Who he is: Jordan is a Project and Engagement Manager at Workday who left public health to get here. He didn't follow a straight line, he made a deliberate choice about who he wanted to be over the next ten years.
What he does: He leads projects and engagements at Workday, and on the side runs a food page, Meals by Jordan, on Instagram.
What he believes: That you have to belong to yourself first, and that the bravest thing you can do is refuse to abandon yourself just to be accepted.
How he works: By staying real instead of armoring up. Jordan brings his whole self to the work, trusting that people can feel the difference between performance and authenticity.
In this episode:
Why belonging to yourself has to come first
Leaving public health and choosing the next ten years on purpose
Why people can always sense when you're performing
The pull to armor up, and the courage not to
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