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Leader - Jenny Good Scribe - Lana Barry Member - Toshua Serrato  Communicating Elephant
 * What Animal Am I Result **

**Passion**
I am passionate about serving Jesus, my family and the tiny house movement. My Faith is a central part of my life and my decisions build from the foundation of my relationship with Jesus. Losing a son in 2008, I became deeply aware of the importance of family. Money and material possessions take a backseat to the relationships I value. In late 2013, I lived out of my backpack, taking inventory of what mattered to me. My family and I downsized from a 4-bedroom suburban ranch into an apx. 600-square-foot studio loft in a hippie village. We embraced a mindful, semi-minimalist lifestyle and discovered a passion for tiny houses. I think the world is hungry for more people to show up authentically... I hope to live the rest of my life doing exactly that.

**How I Describe My Unique Talents**
My unique talents center on communication, teaching, matriarchal leadership and inspiring. If I picture the world as a global village, I view myself as the medicine woman for the inner child. I believe much of what holds people back is rooted in an injured or stifled inner child. He or she comes to us as a critic, whispering limiting sentiments that starve confidence and encourage stagnation, but may pose in the disguise of rational thought. My unique talents of communicating and teaching often involve hearing what is not spoken and holding space for healing, learning and courageous exploration. I attempt to help in those ways, and by trying to turn my own messes and injuries into messages and stories that encourage, touch and inspire. I also have a talent for leading, but as more of a matriarch than being “the boss”. I believe when you love people and want to serve the greater good, that kind of leadership naturally unfolds if it is meant to be.

**My Idea Of A Perfect Job**
My perfect job involves coaching, teaching and helping people. I am finding that I enjoy client work less than I enjoy working with big picture ideas, Recruits and Ishidos, so my perfect job at Lifebushido involves more of the latter. In general, a perfect job for me would support me in feeling connected, inspiring, helpful and like a doula to positive breakthroughs for people on the path to living with intention.



What Animal Am I Result
Enterprising Crocodile

When I was a young girl I knew, that as much as I liked to use crayons and paints, there was a limit to what I could do to recreate what I would imagine. My parents fostered in our family a great importance on reading. It truly didn’t matter what we read, as long as we read, every day, at least an hour. As I discovered stories and books that I enjoyed, and grew to love (Is anyone familiar with the Great Brain series? WOW for a young mind like mine), I spent more time reading. Eventually I began to write. Funny thing is, I don’t have any of my earliest pieces; there was not one pivotal moment which drew me to put pen to paper and create my own sentences into a story. I have simply been writing for as long as I remember.  There was one short- super short (for me!) story I wrote, where some new ideas began to click. I was in middle school when I wrote about a beetle attempting to make its way up a sandy hill, only to have the wind blow him down again. It was more of a scene than story. What made me feel pride in my creative writing for the first time was that a family friend read it and noted the attention to details included in my description of everything, the beetle, the hill, the action. She noted how well she could visualize the scene. It was then I realized, I could write as a creative expression. I may not paint well, but I could paint with my words.
 * How I Describe My Unique Talents**

**My Idea Of A Perfect Job**
My perfect job involves writing. Writing to provide a service to clients brings me the opportunity to be creative and put my natural and strongest talent to use. I like to be able to help people, and when I can enjoy how I give that help, I enjoy the work I do that much more. Writing content for clients is also an enjoyable way to write, as I also learn something new everyday, and each day is different in what I write, providing variety which I thrive on. Sharing information is also something I enjoy, and being able to do so through the choice of words I use to create an image or form an idea, is truly fulfilling to me. Working from home through writing is ideal for me as it allows me to write in space which is comfortable and free from distractions, such as other people. It also allows me to have a flexible schedule which is important for me and my family, especially while we have one car.

What Animal Am I Result
Efficient Cheetah

**How I Describe My Unique Talents**
I feel that my unique talent is the ability to see all sides of people, systems, problems and scenarios. I have a real knack for systems and problem solving. I am by nature a service person and the ability to see situations and why people are in the places they are, sparks fire in my heart and ignites a need to want to help them. I thoroughly enjoy solving problems, creating and streamlining systems and helping people, these activities make me fill whole and complete.

My perfect job would give me the ability to interact and help people. Whether it be assisting clients, prospective clients, Ishidos or recruits I love interacting and talking with anyone. I love structuring, streamlining, problem solving and helping in any capacity. I also prefer a fast paced environment and tasks that keep me busy and engaged. I work in my office and am most productive in the mornings, I also work throughout the week and no weekends. I prefer to have all work completed before my children get home from school and like to have available time throughout the day to devote 1 hour to exercise and 2 hours to school activities, charities or volunteer work. I work to stay engaged, and my income is utilized for vacation, college tuition and future savings. My husband work also relocates us frequently normally every 24 months or so, this makes it very difficult to secure a job outside of the home.
 * My Idea Of A Perfect Job **

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The Power of One is about the inner work of finding yourself in a world that programs you to be like everyone else. The series was put together by Jenny Good as part of her service to The Expansion Collective Triangle, however, these exercises are open to anyone who believes he or she would benefit by participating in them. Learn more...

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