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This week we talk to Jeff Goins about The Art of Work
Jeff Goins is a full-time writer who lives just outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, son, and border collie. He has authored four books and frequently speaks on writing, creativity, and making a difference. His website, Goinswriter.com, has been visited by more than four million people from all over the world.
His latest book is called The Art of Work
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In This Interview Jeff and I Discuss…
- The One You Feed parable
- The fixed and growth mindsets
- Choosing between being a victim and a victor
- The secret to an extraordinary life
- Finding your calling
- How for most people finding their calling is a roundabout process
- How hidden in our obstacles and challenges often lie our purpose
- Learning to take the next step
- Using the surprises and setbacks we encounter for the good
- Walking the path of your life
- That difficulties are a prerequisite to a meaningful life
- How mentors come in many forms and multiple people
- Accidental apprenticeships
- How no one gets changed by an idea, it takes action along with the idea
- Not dreaming but doing
- How the work always comes before we feel ready
- Learning to lead our lives as stories versus plans
- How decisions reveal opportunity
- That clarity often comes with action
- The myth of “making the leap”
- Building bridges instead of making the leap
- The value of small steps instead of huge jumps forward
- Learning to not despise small beginnings
- How we can’t control outside events, but we can control how hard we work.
- Outworking the lazy and outlasting the lucky
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Jeanine says
I was listening to this while trapped in gridlock on Varick street in NYC waiting to get into the Holland tunnel. This podcast was excellent. Just what I needed to hear. It was so good I replayed it! I particularly loved when Jeff spoke about “baby steps”. Our society is always focused on the result and not the work it took in order to get the results.
Thank you for focusing on the grit, patience, resilience and commitment it takes to get to wherever it is we wanna get to.
Happy holidays.
Eric Zimmer says
Thank You Jeanine!
I’m glad you enjoyed it. Baby steps are really important.