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In this episode, we delve into the concept of being "qualified" in the workplace, examining who gets labeled as such, who doesn't, and the underlying reasons. We explore "competency checking"—the practice of scrutinizing individuals' abilities—and how it disproportionately affects underrepresented groups, often going unnoticed or unchallenged. Our discussion aims to redefine qualifications in a fair, equitable, and actionable manner. Our guest, Shari Dunn , is an accomplished journalist, former attorney, news anchor, CEO, university professor, and sought-after speaker. She has been recognized as Executive of the Year and a Woman of Influence, with her work appearing in Fortune Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Ad Age, and more. Her new book, Qualified: How Competency Checking and Race Collide at Work , unpacks what it truly means to be deserving and capable—and why systemic barriers, not personal deficits, are often the real problem. Her insights challenge the narratives that hold so many of us back and offer practical solutions for building a more equitable future. Together, we can build workplaces and communities that don’t just reflect the world we live in, but the one we want to create. A world where being qualified is about recognizing the talent and potential that’s been overlooked for far too long. It’s not just about getting a seat at the table—it’s about building an entirely new table, one designed with space for all of us. Connect with Our Guest Shari Dunn Website& Book - Qualified: https://thesharidunn.com LI: https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/sharidunn TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesharidunn Related Podcast Episodes: How To Build Emotionally Mature Leaders with Dr. Christie Smith | 272 Holding It Together: Women As America's Safety Net with Jessica Calarco | 215 How To Defy Expectations with Dr. Sunita Sah | 271 Share the Love: If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform! 🔗 Subscribe & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music…

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Listen to stories told by Camille Johnson as she reflects on her life raising a family of 5 kids, being happily married for 22 years, and finding the joy and laughter of it all. She has been trying to find the floor to her kids' rooms for a while and gets a peek about once a week. Come listen as she shares her journey of finding her floor both literally and figuratively as she contemplates, life, love, cleaning, pets, books, remodeling, being a taxi driver, finding wholeness, living as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and figuring out what she finally wants to be when she grows up. If this podcasting becomes a thing well maybe this is it. Thanks for listening!

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A few more things that I love 31:50

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Send us a text We are at the end of February and this episode finished up the 4 weeks of things that I love. This episode I share a bunch of little things, instead of just one. I share things like the sun and sunset. Experiences with family like playing games and being at the beach. I also mention foods that I love, caramel, as one example. Then at the end I invite all of you to make your own list of things that you love. Take the time to reflect on all of the things you love and make life so much richer for you. Subscribe to my Substack My recent newsletter on Substack I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!! Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!…

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The benefits of music 27:29

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Send us a text “ Music is a mood booster” For the third episode in February I am sharing another thing that I love … music! And there are so many great benefits to listening or playing music. I choose to share a handful of benefits that music has for us. First, as a mood booster. Second, as a way to help our physical bodies and third as a way that it can improve our mental health. There are so many great things about music. For show notes and references come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep211 I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!! Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!…

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The benefits of exercise 33:03

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Send us a text “Exercise has been described as the miracle drug.” This week I share another thing that I love, exercise. I share a bit about how much I loved it when I was young and reflect on how that changed as I became an adult. I love how there are also so many different ways to move your body that you can find something that you like. I also share all the fabulous benefits of exercise, on the brain and the body. One of the great benefits I mention is better mental health and all the happy hormones that are released when you exercise. I share that even though I began exercising as an adult to lose weight, it has grown to this love because of how it helps me feel so much better each day. For show notes and references come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep210 I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!! Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!…

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The Importance of Love Stories 31:24

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Send us a text “Love is good for you.” Welcome to February and in honor of the month of love, I am sharing a few things that I love this month. This week’s episode I am talking in defense of the love story and confessing how I just really love reading them and happy endings and sharing some of my favorite books. I share my own thoughts but then one of my new favorite author’s notes from two of her books about the importance of love stories being in our lives. We learn to love better by reading about people who learn to love better. I will tell you about 8 books, love stories that I have been loving lately. In defense of the love story, “Let’s immerse ourselves in hope and joy and goodness and read and read and read.” (Katherine Center) Fro show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep209 Authors and Books that I share in this episode: Katherine Center - The Bodyguard Sophie Kinsella - Burnout Courtney Walsh - The Happy Life of Isadora Bently Julie Wright - Glass Slippers, Ever after and me. Amber Gilchrist - Rules of Engagement Joanna Barker - So True a Love and A Heart Worth Stealing Nancy Campbell Allen - Matchmake series and The secret of the India Orchid Julianne Donaldson - Edenbrooke I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!! Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!…

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Objective and Key Results 28:23

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Send us a text “Ideas are easy - execution is everything.” This week’s episode I am talking about objectives and key results for our goals. Due to an invitation from my husband, I read the book, Measure what matters by John Doer. This book is geared toward business but I use the main points to use as a tool for our goals for this year. It is a way to think about the how of your big idea that you want to work on. I share my rethinking through my objective and share the key results for how I want to declutter. I also share the great idea of the BHAG, the big hairy audacious goal and stretching for amazing. I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!! Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!…

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Decluttering tips and a polar vortex story 24:31

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Send us a text When you look for trash that shows your brain that it is easy to declutter. In this episode I share a few more decluttering tips as well as a story about the effects on your pipes due to the extreme cold or the polar vortex. I found a couple of great tips I am passing on in this episode from the Clutterbug. One of the tips is when you don’t feel like decluttering, grab a trash bag and just start looking for trash that you can throw away. She says it gets your brain going in the right mode. I mention my experiment with this tip plus also share a couple of other ones. Then I tell a story about the polar vortex, which we had this week and the temperature was as low as -18 degrees F. We had a pipe burst while out of town and how our kids were great at dealing with the problem while we were sitting on a cruise ship for our anniversary. A short episode today, nothing mind blowing but a few usable tips and a story. For shownotes and references come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep207 I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!! Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!…

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Scheduling time for our systems 23:29

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Send us a text “Know how you spend your time.” This episode I talk about making sure to schedule time to implement your systems that you want to put in place for the new year. I first begin with a tip to find a word or phrase for the year that sums up what your direction is for the year. And then I share how I am not doing so well with my decluttering and I realize that is because I am not setting aside time. I mention how I have a few systems in place, like my morning routine and our dinners and how once they get put in place they make life easier. Lastly, I discuss a few ideas about planning and different ways you can think about scheduling and planning your day. For show notes and references come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep206 I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!! Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!…

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Progress not perfection 29:05

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Send us a text “If you win each day with consistent preparation, work ethic, and expectation for excellence, the results will take care of themselves." Happy New Year, friends! It is so exciting to begin new goals or directions for the year - a becoming. I begin with a few tips that I have found in helping you start a new habit. With my goals, I noticed how I was ready to go all in, and went a little too much. Like doing double workouts for a few days and wanting to get all my decluttering done in a week. So this episode I emphasize the importance of progress over perfection. I look back on Episode 75 when I talked about 1 percent better and then recap on the principles of the Great Britain Cycling team that did just that. I mention a great quote from the CSU swimming coach, Wally Morton. I also share a great quote and idea from Thomas S. Monsoon, in joys and glories of creation as we think about creating this new year. I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!! Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!…

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Thinking ahead to 2025 - Becoming 30:13

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Send us a text “ In order to improve for good, you need to solve problems at the systems level.” This week I am looking ahead and thinking about the new year. Instead of setting the same goals that don’t get done this year I want to be different. So I thought more about becoming someone who does those things rather than simply thinking about an outcome goal. I share an article from James Clear about the importance of systems that help you enjoy the process of accomplishing just as much as outcome. I also tell you a little bit about the idea of setting a direction or intention instead of a goal. It keeps us a little more open to making the process work. Then I also share this great article from Ashely Jansen. First she has some great reflection questions before you even set your direction or goal. Then, second, as we put a system in place to plan for hardship. Which means we may not be super motivated to do it but putting something in place that we will follow through anyway despite that. Lastly, I remind you of the importance of keeping promises to ourselves. For show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep204 I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!! Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!…

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What if the Grinch really did steal Christmas? 21:44

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Send us a text “Christmas Day is God fulfilling His word!” In this episode I confess that almost halfway through December we still haven’t put up our tree. And I have been thinking about all of the traditions, decorations, songs, gifts and what it all means. I wonder if I can still feel the spirit of Christmas without all of it? So I share some things that have helped me refocus my efforts and remind myself of the true meaning of Christmas. I remind myself about love and thinking of others. Then learn a great new idea that making peace with your family at Christmas parties was one of their purposes. I also share two stories, each an LDS missionary, who learned the real meaning of Christmas when far away from home. So I hope I can regroup to remind myself of the gift of this season and its true meaning. For shownotes and references come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep203 I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!! Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!…

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Thoughts on belief 29:44

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Send us a text “Our beliefs influence our thoughts, and those thoughts determine our actions.” This episode, I explore the idea of belief and how important it is in our lives. I mentioned at the beginning that Thanksgiving being so late in the month, I have begun to think that I am already behind on Christmas. I noticed how this thought which could become a belief is not really helpful to me. I mentioned Inside Out 2 that gave such a good visual on how we get beliefs. I share how beliefs can be empowering or limiting. And what belief can help us to do in our lives. Then I also share a bit about how detrimental self-doubt can be. Belief really does rule how we see the world, so let’s be mindful of what we are choosing to believe. For show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep202 I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!! Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!…

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A lesson on gratitude to share at Thanksgiving time. 25:54

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Send us a text “Maybe when you start recognizing the blessing you have, others will reveal themselves.” I really love reflecting on the things I am grateful for each day! In this episode I am sharing a lesson I gave my daughter’s young women’s group in our ward last spring which I am also going to share with my extended family at our Thanksgiving gathering. I wanted to share in case you might want to use all or a part of the lesson for your family at Thanksgiving too. I am a big proponent of a gratitude practice. It really can help you overcome the negativity bias and help you to recognize more of the blessings you have in your life. It has so many health and social benefits that I share as well. The most important thing is showing gratitude is a way of showing faith in our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. I will have these quotes and screen shots from my powerpoint on my website for this episode if you choose to use them for Thanksgiving as well. For show notes and the info for this lesson come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep201 I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!! Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!…

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Looking back with gratitude! 35:19

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Send us a text I am in celebration mode - it is episode 200! In this episode I look back at some of my favorite episode topics over the past 4 and a half years. I mention how much my life has changed in the past 5 years as well as how much I have learned and grown from all of the things I have shared on the podcast. Some of the podcast episodes I mention, the 90/10 Principle, The science fair project struggle, The expectation series, Pet Peeves and Keeping commitments to yourself. Then I also highlight some of the books that I have loved sharing about. A few that I mention are, The Confident Mind, Atomic Habits, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and I Don’t have to make Everything all better. I have loved sharing these past 200 episodes with you! For show notes and references for all the episodes mentioned come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep200 I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!! Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!…

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Conflict verses contention 28:30

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Send us a text “ Some of the most beautiful parts of our world are created through conflict ….” In this week’s episode I am sharing what I learned about the difference between conflict and contention. After finishing such a contentious election it is good to talk about how we can welcome conflict. I share how I really love the idea that conflict is essential in creation. I also share how we need to remember to use love and respect as we learn of differing ideas and opinions. I also mention that instead of usually wanting to avoid conflict, I can now look at it a whole new way. I can learn to create a space where conflict is welcomed and handled with love and understanding. For show notes and references come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep199 I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!! Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!…

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Thoughts about love and marriage 25:34

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