Bestselling author and business thinker Jim Collins sits down for a personal conversation about purpose, leadership, and how to build a meaningful life. At a time when many young people feel increasingly uncertain about their future and are searching for direction, Collins offers our audience something different; a framework for finding purpose beyond career success.
Inspired by his new book, What to Make of a Life: Cliffs, Fog, Fire and the Self-Knowledge Imperative, Collins details how to navigate life's defining events, positive and negative. He also shares the habits and strategies that have shaped him while providing guidance for anyone looking to build a life of meaning in an increasingly uncertain world.
00:00 Inspiration & How To Make A Social Science Book Personal
9:39 What To Make Of A Life
13:07 What Inspires Someone To Write
19:07 Intention & Becoming A 4 AM Person
25:08 Cliff Events & Pairs: Evaluating Reactions To Similar Circumstances
31:07 This Notion of Encoding
41:25 What Makes The Multiple Types Of Success
45:05 Fogs
49:14 The Bug Book
53:46 Fire & Aging
1:05:07 Staying In Frame
1:15:49 Choosing Responsibility
1:25:15 The One Thing Collins Learned Writing This Book
1:32:38 Finding Your BHAG
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