taking the time to actually invest in somebody to show somebody that you see them as valuable,

that you have an understanding or an interest in who they really are, and that you are invested in

the idea of them reaching what matters to them. That is incredibly powerful to see that somebody

has taken a simple moment out of their life to care about you as a person and to see who you

are and who you could be as a person, especially today that feels very rare. And the piece that I

think is important to not lose in that is that people want to feel agentic. They want to be seen

for the power and the ability that they have. So connecting and conveying what you see in somebody

in a way that they are seen as someone who can then take the steps necessary or is able to

achieve what they want to feel, what they want to connect in ways that they need to is invaluable.

So imagine if you could truly step into the unique gifts and talents that are yours alone. Those

abilities waiting patiently inside you, longing to serve and make a real difference in the world.

And a lot of the seeds of our ability to do just that, they're planted early in life. I mean,

as a teenager, what dreams filled your imagination? What desires tugged at your heart urging you

perhaps you tuck those visions away as you grew up convinced they were impossible or impractical

or maybe something happened or someone showed up or some group of people showed up that in some

way made a profound difference in your willingness to lead with those and then step into a life that

becomes filled with abundance and success. So my guest today, Mesman Destin, has been helping young

people discover and develop this inner potential through his groundbreaking research.

He originally grew up in Nebraska and across a wide variety of environments that sparked

questions in him about how your surroundings shape your sense of possibility and your life path

as an associate professor at Northwestern University and a recipient of the APA's Distinguished

Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution, Mesman used experiments to really uncover the factors

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