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The Art of Charm

501: Chris Guillebeau | Born for This

The Art of Charm

http://www.TheArtOfCharm.com

Business, Health & Fitness, Education

4.711K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Chris Guillebeau (@chrisguillebeau) is a bestselling author and host of the annual World Domination Summit. He's here to tell us how his new book Born for This will help you find the work you were meant to do. The Cheat Sheet: Why don't more people pursue a life of freedom/independence? The actual lottery isn't hackable, but the career lottery is. A side hustle isn't just "nice," it's a necessity. Learn the difference between hard and soft skills (and which are more valuable in the long run). Don't think like a CEO -- think like a janitor. And so much more... Show notes at http://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/chris-guillebeau-born-episode-501/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

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0:00.0

This is the art of charm. Learn everything you need to know to crush it in business, love, and life.

0:10.0

Today we're talking with my friend Chris Galabo. He's a writer, traveler, and entrepreneur. He spent a decade visiting every country in the world.

0:19.0

And now he's helping people find work they were born to do. I'll admit, I rolled my eyes a little when I heard born for this.

0:26.0

Honestly, the book is solid. It gives a lot of action steps to finding work and working conditions that are ideal for you. In terms of flexibility, accountability, collaboration.

0:35.0

It's not just what you do. It's how you do it. We've got a lot of action steps, practical exercises, and drills for you to find and inch your way towards the work that you were born to do.

0:46.0

And with that, welcome to the art of charm. I'm your host Jordan Harbinger. I'm here with my producer Jason.

0:51.0

Hey, hey, hey, the art of charm brings together the best thought leaders, teachers, and exceptional individuals to teach you how to be a top performer in life, love, and at work.

0:59.0

We may not have all the answers, but we definitely have all the questions. All right. Let's talk to Chris Galabo.

1:07.0

So tell us what you do in one sentence. I'm a writer, traveler, and entrepreneur. There's a him-dash here, so it's still one sentence.

1:14.0

I spend maybe 10 years visiting every country in the world. And my latest project is to help people find the work they were born to do.

1:20.0

The reason that guys like you are standing out are because you're putting the work into the craft. Your book is many times in many ways largely geared possibly towards millennials.

1:31.0

And also people that are sick of their job, millennial or not.

1:34.0

I'm interested in people who want to change their lives, right? And people can do that in different phases of their life and career and all that kind of stuff.

1:41.0

So I think really young people don't necessarily take to it because they haven't lost anything yet.

1:46.0

You know what I mean? Like really young people still believe in the bright future. And it's only when you kind of get dissatisfied.

1:51.0

Like my market is dissatisfied, basically.

1:53.0

I like that. Let's talk about the dissatisfied. And this is kind of a tall order, right? Because when I got your book born for this, find the work you were born to do.

2:02.0

The first thing my ego did was roll its proverbial eyes. And I think you're probably used to that because the idea that, oh, you're born to do something is kind of alien to a lot of people.

2:14.0

I think a lot of people think, well, I'm supposed to be doing this. And for me, my own personal path, the only one I can really speak to from experience, I had no friggin clue what I was doing.

2:24.0

And sometimes I'm like, I still don't. I'm real long for the ride here.

2:28.0

I think it can be alienating and it can also be kind of interesting. It can be provocative. I don't actually think that everybody is supposed to know what they're born to do or is supposed to know their life purpose when they're 20 or 25 or even when they're 40.

2:41.0

I do think though, when you look at people who are really successful and by successful, I don't just mean rich or famous or high status, but people who are kind of living this purposeful life, like we can look at them from the outside. And we're like, yeah, you know, not only they're happy,

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