The Search for Meaningful Work with Bruce Feiler

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

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

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

With a wealth of experience in collecting life stories, Bruce Feiler has become an expert in identifying personal values in the search for fulfilling and purpose-driven work. As a best-selling author and engaging speaker, he inspires his audiences to dig deep, unearth their own personal stories, and chase their dreams rather than follow someone else’s path.

In this episode, Eric and Bruce Discuss the Search for Meaningful Work and…

Defining “workquakes” and developing strategies for navigating career transitions
How to determine your personal values to pursue more meaningful work
Understanding the power of making unorthodox decisions, fostering individuality and creativity.
How to embrace change and extract happiness and meaning from evolving situations
Recognizing the impact individual decisions can have on personal growth and empowerment

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0:00.0	The biggest problem in work is not what you don't know about work, it's what you don't
0:03.6	know about yourself.
0:12.5	Welcome to the One You Feed.
0:14.5	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, quotes
0:19.2	like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:24.6	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:28.9	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:33.6	We see what we don't have instead of what we do, we think things that hold us back and
0:38.2	dampen our spirit.
0:40.0	But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter.
0:43.4	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:48.3	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction,
0:52.6	how they feed their good wolf.
0:58.9	Thanks for joining us.
1:09.6	Our guest on this episode is Bruce Filer, the author of Seven New York Times Best Sellers,
1:14.8	including Life is in the Transitions, The Secret of Happy Families, and Council of
1:19.3	Dads.
1:20.3	His three TED Talks have been viewed more than four million times, and Bruce has written
1:24.6	for numerous publications, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Wall Street
1:29.2	Journal, Harvard Business Review, and Gourmet.
1:32.2	Today, Eric and Bruce discuss his new book, The Search, Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Coreer
1:37.6	World.
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