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Insight and Inspiration for Living Your Legacy
Do you feel you're meant to do more and better than what you've been told to do or what you do for a living?
I know I do.
Looking back on my journey of becoming, it feels like a winding search through the wilderness of institutional education and occupation searching for real meaning and...
Difference-makers like us strike a posture that is often outward-facing. We're generous and eager to serve. We care, and we give.
But there's a danger to this approach. Unselfish magnanimity has its limits. If you give and give and give, at some point, you will simply give out.
What to do?
...Insight and inspiration for flying higher in the difference only you can make from guests who have appeared on Creative on Purpose Live.
[Scott] What's one tip or piece of advice that you would leave our listeners with today that would help them fly higher in an endeavor where they...
In sports, halftime is a scheduled pause in play. An opportunity for teams to reset–a time to rethink strategy and recalibrate tactics before resuming play. It's scheduled chronologically, midway in the action, but sometimes provides space for a timeless and even transformative moment.
As a...
What the heck does delight have to do with making a difference?
Plenty.
Human beings are hardwired to be attracted by and embrace delight. Unexpected pleasure or joy is what makes moments memorable, even mundane or challenging ones.
Ever had an especially great server at a restaurant? My...
Insight and inspiration for flying higher in the difference only you can make from guests who have appeared on Creative on Purpose Live.
This week's wisdom comes from Annie Duke, author of How to Make Decisions. Tune into the entire conversation here.
[Scott] "You've...
The last time I wrote about identity, I addressed the perils of clinging to identity narratives. Today, I wonder if rethinking the grammar of identity might promote a healthier and more holistic way to think about who you are while holding space for who you aspire to be.
We most often...
When was the last time you experienced overwhelm?
For me, I negotiate with overwhelm on a daily (almost hourly) basis. In fact, I'm dancing with it right now as I try to write this. What do you say when you don't know what to say? What do you say when you can, in fact, say anything?
Here's...
Insight and inspiration for flying higher in the difference only you can make from guests who have appeared on Creative on Purpose Live.
This week's wisdom comes from Jacqueline Novogratz, founder of Acumen and author of Manifesto for a Moral Revolution. Tune into the entire...
You're probably familiar (maybe painfully so) with my fondness for ancient wisdom. If so, you may have heard me reference the quote, "Know thyself."
This is the most well-known maxim inscribed above the entrance to the Temple of Apollo, where the ancient Greeks sought prophetic insight from the...
Human beings have always made sense of themselves, their circumstances, and each other through narrative. I'm telling myself a story about myself, about what's going on around me, about you, and even telling myself a story about the story you're telling yourself about me.
It all gets...
Insight and inspiration for flying higher in the difference only you can make from guests who have appeared on Creative on Purpose Live.
This week's wisdom comes from Kasey Pierce, founder of Red Pen Media.
[Scott] "If there was just one tip or piece of advice that you...
