Get paid to do what you love to do
8 Days
·Cohort-based Course
A job should be more than a paycheck. This course will provide you with 4 proven frameworks to find meaningful work and a balanced life.
Get paid to do what you love to do
8 Days
·Cohort-based Course
A job should be more than a paycheck. This course will provide you with 4 proven frameworks to find meaningful work and a balanced life.
Course overview
Get paid to do what you love to do
A week long hands-on course lead by a C-level executive who has walked the walk, not just talked the talk, when it comes to balancing career success and life fulfillment.
Who is this course for
01
You are a freelancer who needs more income stability, without sacrificing the work/life balance you are working so hard to achieve.
02
You are in a corporate role and you are looking for more fulfillment in your work and life.
Key outcomes
Find your Dream Job
Define a specific game plan to find the right role in the right industry in the right location.
Prioritize how you spend your time
Understand and rebalance how you invest your time in your physical health, mental health, family, friends and your work.
Avoid regrets in the future
Create a narrative of what your ideal life looks like in the future and then chart a path to get there.
Define your "Ikigai" (Japanese for 'Life's Purpose')
Reflect on what you are good at, what you love to do, what you can get paid to do and what the world needs.
Get paid to do what you love to do
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Bob Rupczynski
Mark Okerstrom
Meet your instructor
Dan Gertsacov, C-level leader who has shown in his own career how to get paid to do what you love to do and coached hundreds to do the same
President, Big Green Egg
I have spent the last 25 years helping organizations and teams grow through adversity.
From Google to McDonald’s to Big Green Egg, from venture-backed startups to non-profits, from the competitive rugby field to the competitive BBQ pit, I have forged my own leadership path that has taught me that overcoming challenges is a requirement for growth, for individuals, teams and organizations.
I have had the responsibility to grow the top-line revenue and lead the digital turnaround of various billion-dollar brands in the restaurant industry, as both franchisor and franchisee. As a Senior Executive, Board Member and Advisor, I have helped chart the growth plan for leading companies in the fintech, media, food & beverage and non-profit sectors.
On a personal side, my passion is the science of food and the art of hospitality. I have spent the last 25 years on a life mission to learn 50 cuisines. So far, I have traveled to 24 different countries to learn 40 different cuisines. I am a Fellow at the Culinary Institute of America and Senior Advisor to the James Beard Foundation. I am on a life-long pursuit to understand how different cultures around the world prepare food via fire, having collected 11 different types of BBQ grills and smokers in the process.
Specialties and Hobbies: food, scale-ups and turnarounds, digital transformation, startup investing, alternative education models, rugby, ice hockey, CrossFit, Japanese whiskey, and preparing home-made Thai curries, Southern BBQ and Argentine asado.
Course syllabus
01
5 Balls of Life Analogy
Do a self-assessment of where you currently are in 5 life vectors, how much time you currently spend and aspire to spend on each.
02
Your Imagined Future
Complete a Mad Lib to have a narrative about what true success looks like in the future.
03
Define your “Ikigai”
Structured soul searching on what you are good at, what you love to do, what you can get paid to do and what the world needs.
04
Nail the Center of the Bullseye
Create a game plan to find your dream job.
Course schedule
3 hrs workshops + 3 hrs optional <1 week
Friday, March 24: Informal Meet and Greet of Dan and Your Cohortmates (Option
3pm - 4pm EST
Pop in to say hi and get to know folks virtually a bit before the workshops kickoff on Monday.
Monday, March 27: Workshop on 5 Balls of Life and Your Desired Future
11:30am - 1pm EST
Understand the first 2 Frameworks to set the foundation and then complete exercises in real time with peer feedback
Tuesday, March 28: Dan Office Hours/Live Q&A (Optional)
12pm - 1pm EST
Questions? Concerns? Feedback? Just want to shoot the shit on something you read or watched recently? I'm around!
Wednesday, March 29: Workshop on Ikigai and the Center of the Bullseye
11:30am - 1pm EST
Understand the last 2 Frameworks to build your career/life plan and then complete exercises in real time with peer feedback
Thursday, March 30: Dan Office Hours/Live Q&A (Optional)
3pm - 4pm EST
Questions? Concerns? Feedback? Just want to shoot the shit on something you read or watched recently? I'm around!
Let's start the path together to help you discover your Ikigai (Japanese word for 'life's purpose')
Learning is better with cohorts
Active learning, not passive watching
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
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