Ep: 166 Mark Shaiken

CULTIVATE POSITIVE CULTURE

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41 years in the law; then one day, no more law. Mark left the big firm, corporate bankruptcy practice to pursue things about which he had a passion. Now he measures each day by what he gives and tries to make a difference in a small way. To do so, Mark teaches photography to returning veterans, he is the vice-chair of Think 360 Arts for Learning which brings art to inner city kids and the elderly, and he is on the finance and audit committee of Habitat for Humanity – Metro Denver. Mark’s story into and eventually out of the law world is documented in his new book, “And, Just Like That – essays on a life before, during and after the law.”

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Show Notes:

• Mark has had different habits in the different phases of his life.
  • In law school, he read and wrote a lot.
  • While practicing law, Mark had to try to balance his life.
  • Now, Mark is intentional. He gets up every day and does a self-checkup.
• If you go into something that you’re not really passionate about, you spend a lot of your time negotiating for how much longer you’re going to do this until you get out of it.
• Adults spend a lot of time thinking about if they’re doing what they want to do.
  • If the answer is not necessarily, you think a lot about what you should be doing.
  • You’re doing what you know how to do.
• Change your focus from being sorry for yourself for doing something you don’t like and start looking for what you can do.
  • Who can you help?
• Know what you’re going to do, and then jump in and do it.
• There’s a notion that there is only one thing you can do in life, and that notion is so wrong.
  • We have a problem identifying the things we can do and figuring out how to implement them.
• Mark gets way more than he gives.
• Introducing kids to art and music increases their chances of graduating from school.
• Putting families in homes helps them and increases their quality of life.
• The more you can do, the more you better life.
• If you ain’t got the passion, it ain’t going to work.
• You’ll feel better when you donate your time to a cause.
  • Even if it’s only an hour.
• Just Like That
  • Mark’s book title represents what happened when he left work.
  • His idea was to focus on how sudden his choice was and how suddenly then he was able to do the things he wanted and planned on doing.

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