Genn and Millie
A Gen-X and a Millennial share the strengths based lens through which they see the world.
Episodes
In Week 124, Genn and Millie debrief Tess' dissertation defense. They review what it was like, reflect on the experience, and of course, strengths spot.
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In Week 123, Genn and Millie discuss the things that motivate them. They also discuss the concept of systems that help us get things done and make sense of our realities.
Follow Up:
-Get honest with yourself! What are you avoiding?
-What motivates you?
-What systems do you have in place?
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In Week 122, Genn and Millie celebrate recent milestones and discuss how strengths evolve over time.
Follow Up:
-Engage in a talent mapping exercise. Write out your top 5 or top 10 themes and respond to the following questions: (1) how does this theme help me get things done? (2) how does this theme help me build relationships? (3) how does this theme help me lead? (4) how does this theme help me create or craft a plan? (5) how ...
In Week 121, Genn and Millie reflect on growth and change in their lives, while future-casting for all that is to come this year.
Follow Up:
-What has the last decade of your life looked like? Where have you seen the most growth?
-Do you have a word or intention for the 2025 year? Share it with us!
-What are you looking forward to?
-What are you worried about?
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In Week 120, Genn and Millie are back! They catch up on the last 6 months of life (!) and do some reflecting upon the year.
Follow Up:
-Reflect on the year 2024: What did you learn about yourself? What is a moment from this year that will stick with you? What did the year challenge you with? What are bringing with you into the next year?
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In Week 119, Genn and Millie extend their dating conversation by doing some rapid fire conversational questions.
Follow Up:
-Take a look at these question lists and answer some with your friends, family, or on dates (if applicable)!
https://www.verywellmind.com/first-date-questions-for-engaging-conversations-7563587
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/health/a46361831/questions-to-ask-on-a-dating-app/
For information rega...
In Week 118, Genn and Millie discuss how generational differences impact dating and romantic relationships.
Follow Up:
-What do you believe is the greatest factor influencing the changes in dating?
- How has your generational identity impacted your romantic relationships?
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In Week 117, Genn and Millie discuss recent bad days. They share about what made those bad days bad, how they responded, and what they learned.
Follow Up:
-Dissect a recent bad day you had. What led to it? How did you respond? What did you learn?
For information regarding the topic discussed or for resources mentioned in the podcast, follow us on Instagram @GennandMillie
Intro Music Credit: Alex-Productions
In Week 116, Genn and Millie walk down memory lane and share a bit about the podcast's origins. They also describe characteristics that they think make great leaders.
Follow Up:
-In your view, what makes a great leader? What would you add, remove, or edit on our list?
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In Week 115, Genn and Millie share a bit about their holiday and new year. They also unveil their 2024 words of the year!
Follow Up:
-What is your 2024 word or intention of the year?
-What is your process for decision on your word of the year?
-What is one joy or celebration you had this past holiday/new year season?
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In Week 114, Genn and Millie do a bit of reflection on the past year.
Follow Up:
- How do you read? What does the environment look like? Do you listen to music? Do you read more than 1 book at a time?
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2023 reflection:
- What has felt like success?
- What has felt like big learning/stretch?
- Name strategies that helped and how you'll apply them in 2024 goals.
- How have you/will you celebrate?
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In Week 113, Genn and Millie are joined by a favorite leader, strengths spotter, and friend, JC Joyce. They talked about leadership, reflected on the year, and challenged each other. To hear more from the wise JC, check out her first episode on G&M, Week 70.
Follow Up:
- What's been a lesson that has stuck with you this year?
- What's something you would have done differently this year?
- What do people get wrong about yo...
In Week 112, Genn and Millie talk about *not so great* mentoring and the distinction between between strength and natural talent.
Follow Up:
-Examine contrasts in your life. For a recent area of growth or general musing, identify not only what success and positive experiences look like, but also identify examples of things that didn't go well or things you can learn from.
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In Week 111, Genn and Millie have a lighter conversation strengths spotting fictional characters.
Follow Up:
-Name a fictional character you like and identify their strengths!
-Strengths spot the people around you- be it someone you just met or someone you've known for a long time.
For information regarding the topic discussed or for resources mentioned in the podcast, follow us on Instagram @GennandMillie
In Week 110, Genn and Millie discuss assumptions at various levels - individual, interpersonal, group, and societal.
Follow Up:
-If someone had an assumption about you, how would you want them to ask you about it?
-If you were answering the question, "what do you want to be when you grow up" now, how would you respond knowing what you know about the world?
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In Week 109, Genn and Millie follow up on their conversation from last week by reflecting on departure and closures.
Follow Up:
-What questions did this conversation spark for you?
-What topics would you like us to discuss in this space moving forward?
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In Week 108, Genn and Millie discuss their respective seasons of departure.
Follow Up:
-Make a list of everything you learned from the place you departed.
-Make a list of everything you are proud of from the place you departed.
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In Week 107, Genn and Millie discuss imposter syndrome.
Follow Up:
-Assess your own relationship to imposter syndrome: Where have you felt it lately? Do you feel it stronger in certain roles compared to others?
-Which of your strengths feed your imposter syndrome?
-Understanding what "success" looks like can be an antidote to imposter syndrome. For roles where this isn't clearly defined, take some time to create measurements ...
In Week 106, Genn and Millie answer one of the questions posed in the last episode, "what got you to today?"
Follow Up:
-Spend time answering and reflecting on the following question: What got you to today? In answering this question, what did you include? What did you not include?
-What is something you wish people said to you more often?
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In Week 105, Genn and Millie discuss the relativity of truth. They discuss what truth is, how they establish credibility based on their strengths, and the reality of the inner critic.
Follow Up:
- What is truth to you? How do you define it? What evidence to you look to first for credibility?
- Take steps to silence your inner critic. Believe the compliments you receive. Name the inner critic to silence them.
-Spend time answe...
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