{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Heart of Entrepreneurship","title":"Why Following Aliveness Might Be the Smartest Business Move","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2666,"description":"How to Follow What Makes You Feel Alive (Even If It Makes No Logical Sense)\nYou’ve probably heard advice like “follow your passion” or “do what lights you up”—but how do you actually do that in practice as a founder? And how do you know when you’re following aliveness vs fear or performance?\nIn this episode, Jesse and Dave dive into the deeper layers of what it means to follow your aliveness—the felt sense of energy, joy, and presence that can guide your most aligned decisions in work and life.\n✅ Are you bootstrapping? You need this:\nhttps://bootstrappedgiants.com/subscribe\n\n✅ Master the Inner Game of Entrepreneurship here:\nhttps://www.davekashen.com/newsletter-sign-up\n⏱️ Timestamps\n00:00 – Intro: What does “aliveness” actually mean?\n01:30 – Jesse’s obsession with a new idea and Dave’s cliff-jumping retreat\n04:00 – Defining aliveness as a physical, felt experience\n06:00 – Are you living half-dead? The cost of ignoring your aliveness\n08:00 – Jesse’s examples: business creation, childbirth, deep meditation\n10:00 – Flow state, spiritual presence, and the power of “now”\n13:00 – Connection, awe, and presence in small everyday moments\n15:00 – Anti-patterns: what blocks aliveness in founders\n17:00 – Jesse’s client story: heroing the team vs. enjoying the job\n19:00 – Survival patterns vs authentic action\n21:00 – Why we fear feelings more than outcomes\n23:00 – Dave’s coaching distinction: “the right answer” vs. “what feels right”\n25:00 – The trick of discerning fear from intuitive truth\n27:00 – Why overthinking is a signal you’re disconnected from self\n29:00 – Conscious Leadership’s 4 pillars of integrity (unfelt feelings, unkept agreements, etc.)\n32:00 – How unspoken truths and misaligned agreements leak energy\n34:00 – Redefining empowerment: authenticity despite consequences\n36:00 – The difference between fear as fuel vs. fear as signal\n38:00 – Shame, guilt, and the hidden drivers of success\n41:00 – Outcome detachment + aliveness = surprising success\n43:00 – Can you...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/D3q8uoAKBP9yDvAXKSX05IFBpfUTTR8eiffeZmJ_DWk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iNzcz/NGQxYmUwMmU2ZWQx/YjgxZTVmNGEwYTJi/NjMzOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}