Working On Purpose

In this episode we talk about the relationship between money and purpose. It’s a new world out there today. With more people choosing to put off marriage for longer and more marriages ending in divorce, women especially need help learning how to invest and manage their money. The same is true for charities and foundations as they work to increase the size of their endowments and operational capacity. In this episode, we talk with the number one ranked female charted financial analyst in Texas about how what’s in our wallet today can be used to create the life you most want and its special relationship with purpose.

In this conversation, we drink from the inspirational firehouse of a woman on a mission to uplift people, help them find their purpose, and change their lives for the better. We talk about how she developed her voice and message from overcoming difficulties in her own life and how she helps audiences accept the gift of challenging experiences, how to live from their list of IFs (if only), and her fresh take on what she calls the currency of life.

In a world of merciless change as a constant, it can be perplexing that so many of us resist it and find ourselves stuck in mindsets that simply don’t serve us well. At the same time, there is much in the world that should change and be reformed, yet stubbornly seems disinclined to do so. Enter Dr. Trillion Small, who’s on fire with a mission to positively change hearts and minds, elevate emotional intelligence, and work toward restorative juvenile justice. Now, that’s something worth getting up for each morning!

Everything in life is energy, and that energy is connected through our thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and actions into the cosmic consciousness. Raana Zia shares her own journey toward understanding this powerful mindfulness and how embracing it led to her own transformation from corporate finance executive to author and consultant in personal development. In this episode, we talk about her new book Your Hidden Light: A Personal Guide to Creating Your Desired Life, including a simple four-step creating process designed to create the reality we so desire.

Purpose: It’s worth digging for, and something no one can ever take away from us once we discover it. It gives us courage, clarity, and focus to act in the face of uncertainty, something every leader needs in today’s volatile, ambiguous, and chaotic world. And the impact living and working from our purpose is overflowing and includes the gifts of ongoing growth, a strong sense of identity, choosing the “hard right” over the “easy wrong,” energy that motivates the individual and promotes engagement across the organization, and fulfillment which is far more meaningful than fleeting happiness. These are just a few of my favorite takes from Nick Craig’s new book, Leading From Purpose.

Y Scouts is on a mission to connect 10 million people with work that matters. They’re doing it in a way that completely revamps the way hiring inside companies is done. With candidates, they begin the conversation not with a job requisition listing required skills and experience – but rather a conversation about their own unique “why” in their work. Sounds like a revolution to me! I’m in. Are you?

Paul Ratoff is inspired by the magnificent contribution non profit and for profit organizations make to the world. And they can make an even bigger impact when they are led from purpose and all their stakeholders are inspired from the broader purpose. In this episode, we talk with Paul about where his passion to help companies discover and operate from purpose came from, learn some specific ways leaders can start to put his practices to work in their companies, and are invited to join Paul and the movement to lead and work from purpose!

Humans are amazingly good at hanging onto old misgivings and pain from the past. A life-long accumulation of hurt can completely derail the pursuit of a passionate and purposeful life, unless we can awaken ourselves to limiting pain and trauma. In this episode, we talk with Rachel Clissold who’s made it her life mission to recover rapidly from pain, trauma, illness and master their psyche so they can live a healthy, happier life.

Life is full of an enormous array of experiences ranging from ecstatically beautiful and profoundly moving to devastatingly painful and debilitating. It’s the way we frame and respond to these experiences that makes all the difference. In this episode, we hear Brandy Neece’s story that set her on a path and helped shape her into an emerging spokesperson. Today she is living her purpose by sharing a traumatic experience she navigated and the journey since. Her intent? To help her audiences start to break free from whatever is holding them back from chasing their dreams and living the life they deserve.

What will you do with your one, precious life? Full of “nexts,” you get to decide daily just what comprises this life of yours. It’s easy to get pulled down by the sheer momentum of everyday life. It takes dreaming about the life you want and all its “next steps” and then striving to make it so. If you’re UP to something, there’s a very good chance you will need help, guidance, or support to bring it into fruition. In this episode, Extra Mile Shawn Anderson and I talk about the vitality going for our dreams in life gives you, and how you can find catalysts to make them come true. We urge you: do something worthy of your one precious life.

It’s the holidays, and there is joy everywhere! At least, that’s so with guest Sherri Schwartz, who celebrates both Christmas and Hanukah each year and decorates with an uncommon zeal. She throws herself into her relationships all over life – her family, her community, her customers, and of course her favorite dog Bernie (the subject of a recently released book). AND, she is hopelessly passionate about her work as a decorator and purveyor of window dressings and carpet. This woman is on fire for life and the joy of relationships and the holidays. Tune in to learn just what you can learn from her and catch some of her contagious energy!

Dean Lindsay is a keynote speaker with a humorous and engaging approach. He is an expert and award-winning author on influence, connection, goal setting, sales, and customer service. Dean shares his perspective that progress leadership is the new way forward past change management. Few of us embrace change, let alone having someone manage that for us. But we do welcome progress. Leaders have the opportunity to help followers make change meaningful when they help them see how it's progressive in their world.

In the age of artificial intelligence and robotics pressing for more productivity and efficiency in the workplace, people across the globe are increasingly feeling more disconnected and depressed as a result. The world of work used to be a place where people enjoyed accomplishment, meaningful relationships, and purposeful existence. With the speed at which technology is accelerating across our lives, we all need to become much more mindful about when and how to appropriately use technology and allow its ongoing development. Leaders especially have the opportunity to create and sustain the socially connected workforce that employees crave. The pay off will be a workforce that is more fulfilled, productive, and engaged and less prone to turnout and turnover.

As the world turns on the axis of change with technology and artificial intelligence, huge shifts coincide in what it means to participate in the workforce as human beings. One area that is lagging and thus presents a real opportunity for evolution is the way men and women interact as leaders in organizations. The time is ripe for each gender to bring their very best to their leadership, while drawing from and strengthening the other. In this episode, we talk with J.G. Boccella about what he sees as a moral imperative to bring the genders together in a stronger partnership in the workplace, which he says begins with a simple but well-phrased invitation.

Got a great idea? Does it need protecting and if so, how? Do you know how to monetize the idea and turn it into a business or some kind of offering? In this exciting episode, we talk with intellectual property attorney Angela Langlotz about just what entrepreneurs can do to develop, protect, and market their intellectual property assets. If you’ve got something percolating and think there may be an entrepreneur living in you, tune in – this episode is for you.

If there’s one thing we can all count on, it’s that our lives will come to an end. And it’s that finality that we can summon to harness a tremendous sense of purpose across our lives. We get just one shot at this thing called life – what will you do with your precious gift? Our enemy is complacency, believing we have “our whole lives in front of us,” yet we simply have no purview into just when we will leave the world. All the more critical that each day we live with passion, anchor ourselves in energy and gratitude in connection with others, and work on purpose. In this episode, we talk with someone who has a very unique vantage point on the matter: undertaker Elizabeth Fournier.

People are hungry today for meaning, passion, and inspiration. Finding purpose in our lives and work can not only generate those critical elements but also provide a certain integrity across their lives that guest Phil Sotok sees as missing for so many people. In this episode, we talk about why purpose is such a governing force today, how artificial intelligence and robotics are part of what will be a changing workforce that catalyzes higher human contribution, and how companies and their employees win when they work to increase the quality of their interpersonal relationships.

Sharon DeMattia found herself stuck in a life of external achievement, but lacking purpose. She observed the trends of disconnection—depression, anxiety, school shootings, suicide, war, and decided to act towards a different definition of success. She founded The AIM Project, a global art initiative about human connection, possibility, and freedom. The path she walked is an amazing adventure! She is taking on and speaking about what challenges us most as we race towards the future. The AIM Project has a mission to break down the walls we have built within ourselves, each other, and to open creative, collaborative space on the other side of what we fear.

There’s a lot of talk about mindset these days. We all know that being around hungry, driven people inspires us to improve. But what almost no one understands about mindset is that it’s hard to change in isolation. It’s not just about reading books that help you grow. You need to get advice from peers on how they overcame the same problems and frustrations you’re facing. A powerful way to gain access to these very people is by joining a Mastermind group. In this episode, we talk with Ronan Leonard, aka, The MasterMind Guy.

Police officers place themselves in harm’s way daily, have a duty to serve, and confront the difficult position of being with people often in their worst moments. How that police officer shows up on the scene can make all the difference in the outcome. And according to Deputy Chief Danny Barton, there’s room for improvement. And so as a man of purpose, he has taken a firm stand to help officers cultivate self-awareness, develop emotional intelligence, and employ servant leadership to improve their performance and effectiveness. This is his personal stand and he’s out to change the world, starting in Coppell, Texas and touch -and improve - one life at a time.