780. Expert: "Why Do You Want What You Want?" with Malcolm and Simone Collins
Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love
Don Hutcheson
5.0 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Malcolm and Simone Collins, founders of the Pragmatist Foundation and co-CEOs of Travelmax, a corporate travel management company, authored the bestselling Pragmatist's Guide to Life, a book intended to encourage critical thought and intentional living.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, world. Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love. I'm your host, Don Hutchison. Every Monday and Wednesday, I interview someone around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom. |
| 0:28.1 | On Fridays, I interview a well-known expert from the fields of personal or business development who share experiences, tools, and insights to help our listeners along their journeys. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm delighted to bring you our featured experts, Simone and Malcolm Collins. |
| 0:44.0 | Welcome, folks. |
| 0:45.5 | We are so excited to be here today. |
| 0:48.6 | Thank you so much. |
| 0:50.6 | Founders of the Pragmatist Foundation and co-CEOs of TravelMax, an international corporate travel management company, |
| 0:58.2 | Malcolm and Simone Collins authored the best-selling Pragmatist Guide to Life, |
| 1:03.0 | a book intended to encourage critical thought and intentional living. |
| 1:07.8 | Well, today's topic is fascinating and right on target with our approach. |
| 1:13.6 | Why do you want what you want? |
| 1:15.2 | So take the stage you two and set up the situation for us and tell us why this is an important question and let's dig into it. |
| 1:23.1 | Well, I'd like to start with so many people. |
| 1:27.2 | You know, when you talk to people about why they want what |
| 1:29.4 | they want today, they say they want love, happiness, fulfillment, emotional states. And these are |
| 1:38.8 | emotional states that we as humans have for a reason, because they helped our ancestors |
| 1:43.5 | survive, because they helped our ancestors survive, |
| 1:44.4 | because they helped them find good long-term relationships, |
| 1:48.1 | and they help their children survive. |
| 1:50.4 | But from that perspective, I guess I would say, well, |
| 1:57.6 | why do you want what you want? |
| 1:59.5 | So take the stage and set up the situation for us and let's dive into this discussion. |
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