Hello, world.

Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love, number 417.

I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.

Every day, I interview someone from around the world who has discovered his talents to do work he loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

Disillusion with college and with the mediocre grade point average, Mack was about to drop out after his sophomore year.

Although he barely knew his academic advisor, he decided to have a talk

with him. He was a nice enough guy, Mack recalls. He probably doesn't remember that conversation,

but for me, it was life-changing. Today, I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest,

Mac Pritchard. Welcome, Mack. Hi, Don. Delighted to have you on the show.

Mac, are you using your talents doing work that you love? I am. All righty. Well, we want to hear the

entire story. Matt Pritchard is the publisher of Max List, an online community for people looking for

rewarding, creative, and meaningful work.

More than 80,000 people a month visit the site, which includes a job board, as well as a blog

and a book about the nuts and bolts of job hunting and career management.

He also hosts a weekly podcast, Find Your Dream Job.

So that's a summary of your career.

Tell our listeners around the

world what you're engaged in now that has you, well, that has you fired up. Well, I have a good

fortune, Don, to run two small businesses. The first one you mentioned, maxliss.org, it's

an online community for people looking for creative work. I also operate a public

relations firm, Pritchard Communications, and we work with top-tier nonprofits, foundations,

and purpose-driven brands. There are four people employed by each company, and we are in a downtown

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