Super Soul Special: Wes Moore: Is Your Job Your Life’s Purpose?

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🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Original Air Date: May 20, 2018 Does this sound like you? After years working at the same job, you realize you've just been going through the motions for as long as you can remember. Wes Moore, a war veteran, entrepreneur, Rhodes Scholar and New York Times best-selling author believes we can all discover and pursue our life’s purpose. “If your job no longer brings you joy, there's an important question you need to ask yourself: ‘What is your real work and who will you fight for?’” In his book The Work, Wes, a former combat officer in Afghanistan, a White House Fellow and a Wall Street banker discusses his journey of self-discovery, which led him to walk away from financial success to create a more meaningful life. This interview was taped in 2018, five years before Wes Moore was elected the first Black Governor of Maryland.

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0:00.0	This episode of SuperSoul is supported by the new Hulu original series, The 1619 Project.
0:06.0	From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicole Hannah Jones, an Academy Award-winning director
0:10.8	Roger Ross Williams, this six-part documentary series is based on the groundbreaking New York Times
0:16.4	essays, podcasts, and award-winning book. The series examines the legacy of slavery in America,
0:21.6	and explores how it has shaped nearly all aspects of our society today, from policing to music
0:26.4	to capitalism and our democracy. Watch The 1619 Project. New episodes premiere Thursday starting
0:32.4	January 26th, streaming only on Hulu. I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to SuperSoul Conversations,
0:40.3	the podcast. I believe that one of the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time,
0:47.6	taking time to be more fully present. Your journey to become more inspired and connected to
0:54.9	the deeper world around us starts right now. Author and speaker Wes Moore is born in Baltimore
1:02.1	1978. Wes was only three years old when a rare virus claimed his father, Wesley's life.
1:08.3	His mother moved the family to the Bronx and struggled to send Wes and his sisters to private
1:13.1	school, but Wes felt caught between two worlds. He became a discipline problem. His grades plummeted
1:19.6	and he was put on academic and disciplinary probation. At 13, his mother sent him to military school.
1:26.5	After four attempts at running away, Wes says he eventually learned to respect himself and others.
1:32.6	By graduation six years later, he was company commander of 125 cadets. Wes went on to Johns Hopkins
1:39.9	University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. In 2000, the same year Wes was awarded a Rhodes scholarship.
1:46.7	He discovered there was another young man, also named Wes Moore, who grew up just blocks away
1:52.4	from his own childhood home. The other Wes Moore was awaiting trial for felony murder and was later
1:59.4	sentenced to life in prison without parole. The story of their two divergent lives became the
2:06.2	basis of his bestselling book, The Other Wes Moore. Today, Wes says in order to come alive, we need to
2:14.4	embrace living and working for something greater than ourselves. He believes that success in service
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