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

Jonathan Fields on Discovering Your Sparketype

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

4.52.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Fields is a father, husband, award-winning author, executive producer, and host of one of the top-ranked podcasts in the world, The Good Life Project. He also speaks globally to groups and organizations and his work has been featured widely in the media including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Oprah Magazine, and many others.  In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss his book, Sparked: Discover Your Unique Imprint for Work that Makes You Come Alive.  But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, Jonathan Fields and I Discuss How to Discover Your Sparketype and … His book, Sparked: Discover Your Unique Imprint for Work that Makes You Come Alive The 10 impulses that underlie the drives that humans have Why the words “life purpose” and “passion” often lead us down the wrong path How very often in life there’s not A “right” answer How to find out your Sparketype The difference between primary, shadow, and anti sparketypes Eric’s Sparketype How to align your work with your Sparketype (without blowing up your life!) How to figure out the answer to “what am I going to do with my life?” How to step into the important work of self discovery Jonathan Fields Links: Jonathan’s Website Twitter Instagram Upstart: The fast and easy way to get a personal loan to consolidate, lower your interest rate, and pay off your debt. Go to www.upstart.com/wolf Peloton: Of course the bike is an incredible workout, but did you know that on the Peloton app, you can also take yoga, strength training, stretching classes, and so much more? Learn all about it at www.onepeloton.com If you enjoyed this conversation with Jonathan Fields, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Jonathan Fields (2016) Jonathan Fields (2014) See 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

I think we're in a moment in time where a lot of people are asking the big existential questions.

0:05.7

And central to that for a lot of people is what I'm going to do with my life.

0:16.8

Welcome to the one you feed.

0:18.9

Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have.

0:23.5

Quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think ring true.

0:29.0

And yet for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.

0:33.2

We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.

0:38.0

We see what we don't have instead of what we do.

0:40.8

We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.

0:44.3

But it's not just about thinking.

0:46.3

Our actions matter.

0:47.8

It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.

0:52.6

This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction.

0:57.0

How they feed their good wolf.

1:13.0

Daniel Miller is a millennial con artist.

1:15.6

I'm a social media influencer.

1:17.6

Busted while recovering from Brazilian butt lift surgery.

1:20.8

She was yelling at the police for like getting her butt tissue out of joy when they were hand

1:25.4

nothing. She's got hundreds of victims.

1:28.1

To me, that's not a con artist that just is a straight-up predator.

1:31.4

And she just keeps getting away with it.

1:33.5

This person is the danger.

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