Episode 72

Passion and Legacy with Host Susan Ney | HR 72

Episode Intro:

Passion and legacy… will those attending your celebration of life affirm that you found and lived yours? What lives will you have positively impacted over the course of your career? Are you genuinely practicing the values you aspire to? Will you be able to say that you had some fun along the way?

Interested in learning more? Hope you will join me!


About the Host:

Susan has worked with people all her life. As a human resource professional, she has specialized in all aspects of employment, from hiring to retirement. She got her start as a national representative for a large Canadian union. After pursuing an undergrad degree in business administration, Susan transitioned to HR management, where she aspired to bring

both employee and management perspectives to her work. Susan holds a Master of Arts degree in Leadership and Training. She retired from her multi-decade career in HR to pursue writing and consulting, and to be able, in her words, to “colour outside the lines.” She promises some fun and lots of learning through this podcast series. 

Susan is also the author of the book Leadership Inside Out: Effecting Change from

Within available on Amazon – click below

Leadership Inside Out: Effecting Change from Within: Ney, Susan G: 9781777030162: Books - Amazon.ca

If you wish to contact Susan, she can be reached through any of the following:

Website:          Home - Effecting Change from Within

Email:               susangney@gmail.com

Linked In:         www.linkedin.com/in/susan-ney-197494

Facebook:        www.facebook.com/susan.ney.5/

Phone:            (604) 341-5643


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Transcript
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Hi, welcome to the podcast HR inside out. I'm your

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host, Susan a, has recently given the honor of officiating a

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celebration of life for my good friend Cheryl Brewster's past

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partner. They were separated but not divorced and parents have to

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really lovely sons. The gathering was to be a testament

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to Darrell is life, spoken through the words of those that

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he had touched over the years. Now, eight people summoned up

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the courage to come to the podium and and to share their

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memories of Darrell as a man, as a father, as a husband, as a

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teacher, and as a colleague. Each have their own unique way

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of describing the impact that Daryl had had on them. kind,

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patient, caring, supportive, a lovely sense of humor, lots of

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laughter, enjoyment of simple things together, delving deep

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into meaningful conversation, probably some of the things that

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were shared, and some of the descriptors that were used. It

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was certainly my experience of the man as well. It was obvious

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that Darrell learned early in his life that anything to do

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with flying, made his eyes sparkle. Darrell loved anything

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to do with aviation. Even when he had eventually given up his

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pilot's license as a result of health challenges. He taught

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ground school, and he supported new aviation startups with his

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very vast knowledge and experience. He was really highly

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respected as a gifted instructor. When speaker Donna

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came up to the podium, I didn't expect to learn of her own love

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of flying to the point that she actually purchased her own

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plane. And it was only after flight school that she realized

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that her instructor Daryl was also our next door neighbor.

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That Aaron went above and beyond and helping build her love for

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the sport and her confidence and just doing it. Alastair had been

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a business partner and a colleague. He spoke for himself,

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but also for many others who are unable to make the celebration

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due to it being a working day. To get known Darrell for many

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years. Alistair spoke of the countless lives that Daryl had

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touched through his work through students from around the world.

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Sometimes we can make a significant mark on the world

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through our work. But in doing this, too many of us forfeit

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time with our families. Not so with Daryl both sons spoke of

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cherished time with their father, doing simple things like

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watching favorite television shows and just hanging out with

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them. Their words were heartfelt, grown men, any parent

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would be proud of grieving, the pushing through their own

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nervousness to address this gathered group. Wow. A man who

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left a legacy and living his passion. Now borrowing from

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Barbara Abraham, author of finding your purpose. The words

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passion and purpose are synonymous. She says that when

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we dissect passion we find three words pass eye and on. Passion

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therefore is about passing something of yourself on to the

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world. It is your legacy. It's your way of making a difference.

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Your unique calling your opportunity to bless the world

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with your gifts. That Darrell was fortunate to discover early

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and to create a career around what he loved. And in doing so.

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He indeed bless the world with his gifts. What about you? Are

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you pass eye on? Passing on something or a gift of yourself

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to the world? What activity makes time fly? Borrowing from

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Darrell is passion when you're doing it as shit shared by Grace

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Scirocco and her book take the step the bridge will be their

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inspiration and guidance for moving your life forward. And

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yes, I'll put the information in the show notes. Once you commit

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to your passion, doors will open. It's one of those laws of

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life. Certainly by experience, are you pursuing your passion?

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Are those doors opening for you? Now Grace also asks, What are

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your gut feelings? She encourages that we listen

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deeply. We keep a journal have those insights. And as rarely

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does knowledge alone motivate us to make the types of changes

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that will Move our lives forward. She asks what inspires

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you? Because when we're inspired, we do tend to take

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action, like Donna, sharing in her eulogy, that to be able to

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touch the sky. She was going to have to learn how to fly. What

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do you think the mastic about? Because we're enthusiasm lives,

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so does passion. Grace also asks, What synchronicities Have

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you experienced, she shares that synchronicities, Mark

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significant points of transition in our lives and point us in the

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direction of our purpose. Now, my daughter just shared one of

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those with me in a conversation I had with her today. By chance,

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she went for a later run. And as a result, she bumped into a past

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colleague and had a conversation with her that helped her make a

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career decision. Even she was in awe of the fact that that had

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happened. Can you think of your own synchronicities the things

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that? Yeah, just kind of happened out of the blue, and

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perhaps have helped you make a decision. Now, I'm not sure how

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Darryl found his calling. I wish I'd asked him. I just know and

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I've always known that he always was, he was doing what he loved

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best. And in doing what he loved best, he did absolutely,

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positively influence others. Again, I'm gonna borrow from

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Grace's book. And she she talks about Bill Gates, who of course,

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is the co founder of Microsoft, being famous for saying what I

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do best to share my enthusiasm. If you're enthusiastic about

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something, chances are your energy is contagious. He kept

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people on board, the motivated team, a community accompany the

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world needs more of this enthusiasm because we're

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enthusiasm lives again, passion does to do you exhibit this YaSM

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in the work that you're doing. Is it obvious to everyone around

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you that you are living your passion? What words will be used

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to describe you when those that you leave behind are reflecting

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on your life? Do they match the values that you say you embrace?

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Will your children thank you in a letter to you for the time

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that you've spent together? Well, words like kind, patient

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and caring, being your descriptors. Certainly

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personally reflected on the word shared during that celebration

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of life. I also know what it's like to work with people who

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exhibit those traits, people whose presence in the office

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literally light up everyone else. So anyone like that come

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to you.

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Come to your mind. Might there be a personalized gun in your

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work environment?

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It's great to model it. I was asked to share the flyers prayer

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and closing I'd really like to share it with you. Because

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although it's a pilot's prayer, I believe it's relevant to each

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of us in our chosen career paths. And given that my motto

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is a dare to soar well it's I think, relevant and a really

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fabulous reminder of what's truly important. And thank you

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to author Patrick Phillips Patrick J Phillips for this

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prayer when this life and i Man is done, and at the gates I

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stand my hope is that I'll answer all his questions on

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command. I doubt he'll ask me of my fame are all the things I

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knew instead, Alaska rainbows, the sand on rainy days I flew

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the hours logged the status reached, the ratings will not

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matter. He'll ask me if I saw the rays and how he made them

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scatter. Or what about the droplets Claire? I spread across

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your screen. And did you see the twinkling eyes of student pilots

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keen? The way your heart jumped in your chest that special solo

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day? Did you take the time to thank the ones who have helped

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along the way? Remember how the runway lights looked one night

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long ago when you were lost and found your way and how they

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still don't know? How fast how far how much how high? He asked

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me not those things. But did I take the time to watch the Moon

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beams washed my wings? And did you see the patchwork fields and

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mountains I did mold them Mira lakes and velvet hills of these

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that I behold, the wind he flung along my wings on final almost

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stalled, and dead. I know it was his name that I so fearfully

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called. And when the goals are reached at last, when all the

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flying is done, I'll answer him with no regret. Indeed, I had

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some fun. So when these things are asked of me and I can reach

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no higher my prayer this day, his hand extents extends to

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welcome home a flyer. Darrell Rest in peace, my love and

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condolences to your family, colleagues, students and many

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friends. Thank you for being a part of my life as well. And to

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our listeners, my listeners, thank you for joining me and

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supporting HR inside out. Remember, there to soar. Where

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are you going to reach no higher because I believe you can. And

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remember that fun part. The journey it says in signing out.

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Have a great day everyone. Bye for now.

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Susan Ney

Susan has worked with people all her life. As a human resources professional she has specialized in all aspects of employment, from hiring to retirement. She got her start as a national representative for a large Canadian union. After pursuing an undergrad degree in business administration, Susan transitioned to HR management, where she aspired to bring both employee and management perspectives to her work. She retired from her multi-decade career in HR to pursue writing and consulting, and to be able, in her words, to “colour outside the lines.” She promises some fun and lots of learning in this, her podcast HR Inside Out: Demystifying HR & People Management. Susan also holds a Master of Arts in Leadership and Training.