Episode 15: Bob Goff—Author and Storyteller

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Recorded live before a student audience at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Brian sits down for an engaging and encouraging conversation with renowned author and storyteller Bob Goff. Bob tells stories from his legendary life, and gives practical advice for putting love into action.

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0:00.0	Aggression is one of the last dirty words in our culture.
0:08.8	You can be crass, you can be rude, you can even be profane, but, oh, aggressive, don't be
0:13.1	aggressive, except it's wrong, dead wrong.
0:17.0	I promise you nothing of meaning and transcendence will come into your life passively.
0:22.0	It's time for you to get into the arena to push back against a passive, mediocre existence.
0:28.0	I'm Brian Toam.
0:29.1	This is the aggressive life.
0:46.3	Today is going to be another day of firsts.
0:49.0	I feel like I've been saying that a lot recently.
0:51.7	But today is another day of first.
0:53.0	We're going to be recording
0:54.2	before our first live audience. It's also going to be a first as it relates to the kind of
1:01.3	guests we're going to have. We're going to be talking to Bob Goff. Yeah, you might say,
1:07.8	who is Bob Goff? He is Captain Feel Good. That who is? Bob Goff? I don't know.
1:13.1	He is Captain Feel Good.
1:13.8	That who is?
1:17.1	Bob Goff is Captain Feel Good.
1:19.9	And a lot of people go, oh, feeling good.
1:21.4	Oh, I don't like feeling good.
1:22.9	I don't want to feel good.
1:25.2	Anybody who wants to make me feel good, they got problems.
1:28.3	I actually operate in the church world as my day job.
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