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May 2021
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When passion and purpose meet | Ben Koch...

Carole Issa
About this episode

What's at the intersection of what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for? You're about to find out in this episode the power of discovering your Ikigai as Carole Issa dives deep into the world of how we can find our purpose with Ben Koch, CEO of NuMinds Enrichment. Ben Koch is an entrepreneur, educator, coach, healer, and mindfulness expert with 20 years of meditation experience. He is also the co-founder and CEO of NuMinds Enrichment, and through this business, he is driving the mission to Empower Teachers to deliver real inspired learning. 

Some key themes that Carole explores with Ben: 

- 1'47": What goes beyond defining ourselves by what we do 

- 3'00": The amazing story around how NuMinds Enrichment was born 

- 10'47": What's working and what's not working in the traditional educational system 

- 15'46": What is social and emotional learning and why it's important 

- 18'36": Why it matters to find our purpose in life 

- 21'07": The meaning of Ikigai  

- 24'14": What stops people from finding and living their purpose 

- 29'30": What mindfulness is and how it can help in business 

- 38'27": The meaning of the word leadership for Ben 

- 39'57": How to motivate your team members 

- 42'01": What Ben looks for when hiring a new team member 

- 44'53": How we can demystify meditation and make it accessible 

- 55'33": The shift with COVID19 and alternative methods in maintaining health and wellbeing  

- 61'32": A book that Ben recommends and why 

- 65'19": The 30-day challenge that Ben would like to throw to our listeners 


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