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Sep 17
29m 22s

How Lando Norris Found Purpose Long Befo...

High Performance
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Before he was a Formula One driver, Lando Norris was the kid in the McLaren garage packing boxes, dismantling equipment, and working side by side with the mechanics. No glamour, no headlines, just long hours in the background, doing the kind of jobs nobody sees. What struck me most is that he didn’t see it as grunt work. He saw it as belonging. As trust-building, as part of something bigger than himself, and that small shift is the difference between viewing work as a job, a career, or a calling.


In this episode, we explore what it really means to treat your work as a calling, not just a set of tasks. We look at psychologist Dr. Amy Wrzesniewski’s research on how we find meaning in the everyday, and how something as simple as reframing a task can transform the way we show up.


Together, we explore:


  • Why Lando’s early garage work laid the foundation for his career
  • The psychology of job, career, and calling
  • How job crafting turns small tasks into meaningful ones
  • What leaders can learn about trust from Formula One teamwork
  • How to reframe your own work so it matters more


Because high performance isn’t only about winning under the lights, it’s about the way you approach the work nobody else notices.


Here is more information on the studies referenced: 


  1. Jobs, Careers, and Callings: People’s Relations to Their Work (Amy Wrzesniewski, Clark McCauley, Paul Rozin, Barry Schwartz, 1997)
  2. Jobs, Identities, and Work: How Job Crafting Relates to Meaningful Work and Work Identity (Justin M. Berg, Jane E. Dutton, Amy Wrzesniewski, 2013)
  3. Positive Emotions Broaden the Scope of Attention and Thought-Action Repertoires, (Barbara Fredrickson, 2001)


Listen to the full episode with Lando Norris: https://pod.fo/e/112cbb



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