Chris Guillebeau

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Self-improvement, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Buddhism

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🗓️ 10 September 2014

⏱️ 34 minutes

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[powerpress] This week we talk to Chris GuillebeauChris Guillebeau is a New York Times bestselling author and modern-day explorer.During a lifetime of self-employment that included a four-year commitment as a volunteer executive in West Africa, he visited every country in the world (193 in total) before his 35th birthday. Since then he has modeled the proven definition of an entrepreneur: “Someone who will work 24 hours a day for themselves to avoid working one hour a day for someone else.”Chris’s first book, The Art of Non-Conformity, was translated into more than twenty languages. His second book, The $100 Startup, was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, selling more than 300,000 copies worldwide. His latest book, The Happiness of Pursuit, was just released today.Every summer in Portland, Oregon, Chris hosts the World Domination Summit, a gathering of creative, remarkable people with thousands in attendance. Chris is also the founder of Pioneer Nation, Unconventional Guides, the Travel Hacking Cartel, and numerous other projects. In This Interview Chris and I Discuss...The One You Feed parable.What is a quest?Finding adventure and purpose.How a quest add meaning to our lives.How effort can be it's own reward.How an emotional awareness of our mortality can be motivating.Developing a sense of urgency and opportunity.How misadventure builds confidence. The difference between a hobby, a passion and a quest. How depressed people tend to have more generalized goals.How quests don't always wrap up cleanly.Creating meaning in our lives.Eric's free ticket to World Domination Summit.Chris Guillebeau LinksChris Guillebeau HomepageWorld Domination SummitChris Guillebeau on TwitterChris Guillebeau Amazon Author PageThe Happiness of PursuitThe $100 StartupThe Art of Non-Conformity Some of our most popular interviews that you might also enjoy:Kino MacGregorStrand of OaksMike Scott of the WaterboysTodd Henry- author of Die EmptyRandy Scott HydeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Take on whatever is challenging and meaningful for you.
0:02.6	You're the person in your own life who determines what that is, not someone else.
0:13.6	Welcome to the one you feed.
0:15.6	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have,
0:20.3	quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:26.0	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:30.2	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:34.9	We see what we don't have instead of what we do.
0:37.8	We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:41.3	But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter.
0:44.7	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:49.6	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction,
0:54.0	how they feed their good walls.
1:07.6	Hi, everybody.
1:08.4	It's me, Katie Kurek.
1:09.6	Did you know I have a newsletter called Wake Up Call that goes out six days a week?
1:13.4	It has everything you need to know to start your day.
1:16.0	The candidates to watch in 2024, my latest podcast interview with Michael J. Fox,
1:21.2	the best things to eat for gut health, summer fashion trends,
1:24.6	the truth about CBD and so much more.
1:27.2	Head to KatieKurek.com, that's K-A-T-I-E-C-O-U-R-I-C dot com to sign up.
1:32.8	And I'll see you in the morning just like old times.
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