Eric Jorgensen

I think we get a lot of joy out of service and being useful in our communities and however you want to define community and however you want to define useful, but trying to hide from that fact or pursue satisfaction in ways that are not, you know, utility and community are,

I think we get a lot of joy out of service and being useful in our communities and however you want to define community and however you want to define useful, but trying to hide from that fact or pursue satisfaction in ways that are not, you know, utility and community are,

not well proven in history and, you know, might prove to just be detours or distractions along your way to finding something satisfying.

not well proven in history and, you know, might prove to just be detours or distractions along your way to finding something satisfying.

Yeah, there's a great book that we just published at Scribe by a leader who's been the CEO of two different Fortune 500 companies. And he started, you know, a very self-made man, incredible sort of lessons. This is his, like, I'm going to give my lessons back to the community book. And he spends the whole first half of the book talking about the inner game.

Yeah, there's a great book that we just published at Scribe by a leader who's been the CEO of two different Fortune 500 companies. And he started, you know, a very self-made man, incredible sort of lessons. This is his, like, I'm going to give my lessons back to the community book. And he spends the whole first half of the book talking about the inner game.

and how to not just, yes, obviously pay attention to your health, sleep well, like to perform at a high level in the world of business, you have to understand your inner game. And going in to that book, I thought it was gonna be like, yeah, drink water, you know, exercise, sleep well. It's actually, there is that, there is also a lot of

and how to not just, yes, obviously pay attention to your health, sleep well, like to perform at a high level in the world of business, you have to understand your inner game. And going in to that book, I thought it was gonna be like, yeah, drink water, you know, exercise, sleep well. It's actually, there is that, there is also a lot of

finding a positive relationship to your work, finding meaning, not just for yourself, but also creating it for the others around you.

finding a positive relationship to your work, finding meaning, not just for yourself, but also creating it for the others around you.

And it was a huge part of his philosophy as a leader and the stories that he told about successfully leading organizations were about imbuing the things that this company or this team was already doing with a new sense of meaning and a positive emotional relationship with that work.

And it was a huge part of his philosophy as a leader and the stories that he told about successfully leading organizations were about imbuing the things that this company or this team was already doing with a new sense of meaning and a positive emotional relationship with that work.

And they're incredible stories, and he's a visionary in that way, but I share this to say, this does not mean that you have to flip the table, have a midlife crisis, and go join the clergy or the Peace Corps or whatever. You can find a meaningful significance in what you are already doing if you just change the context around it, if you change your relationship to it.

And they're incredible stories, and he's a visionary in that way, but I share this to say, this does not mean that you have to flip the table, have a midlife crisis, and go join the clergy or the Peace Corps or whatever. You can find a meaningful significance in what you are already doing if you just change the context around it, if you change your relationship to it.

The old parable about there's two brick layers, and one is just laying bricks, and one is building a cathedral. And all of the work that almost all of us are doing, some bureaucrats excluded and grifters excluded, is part of building this incredible future for humanity. And that's how I've started to see my work and my wide variety of projects is just growing.

The old parable about there's two brick layers, and one is just laying bricks, and one is building a cathedral. And all of the work that almost all of us are doing, some bureaucrats excluded and grifters excluded, is part of building this incredible future for humanity. And that's how I've started to see my work and my wide variety of projects is just growing.

contributing to a brighter future for humanity and our civilization. Seeing humanity as this gift that is the only consciousness we're aware of in the universe to date and doing everything that we can to perpetuate that. Are we inherently good?

contributing to a brighter future for humanity and our civilization. Seeing humanity as this gift that is the only consciousness we're aware of in the universe to date and doing everything that we can to perpetuate that. Are we inherently good?

yes like i think humanity is inherently good and if we expand our understanding of ourselves our understanding of the universe and continue to do um grow ourselves like that is an inherently good pursuit and a mission that we are all a part of whether you know intentionally or not we can use that to sort of shape our relationship with the things that we do

yes like i think humanity is inherently good and if we expand our understanding of ourselves our understanding of the universe and continue to do um grow ourselves like that is an inherently good pursuit and a mission that we are all a part of whether you know intentionally or not we can use that to sort of shape our relationship with the things that we do