{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What is a Good Life?","title":"What Is A Good Life? #140 - A Life of Unfolding Possibility with Robert Poynton","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3793,"description":"On the 140th episode of What is a Good Life?, I’m delighted to welcome Robert Poynton. Rob is the author of Do Conversation, Do Pause, and Do Improvise. He divides his time between an off-grid home in rural Spain and Oxford, where he is an Associate Fellow at the Saïd Business School and convenor of the Oxford Praxis Forum at Green Templeton College. Rob is a designer, host, and facilitator of learning experiences; an amateur practical philosopher; a keeper of hens; and the founder of Yellow Learning.\nIn this conversation, Rob shares his sense of living with more aliveness. We explore following the energy rather than the “shoulds”, noticing visceral signals of “deathly” work, practising curiosity and softness in everyday tasks, infinite games versus fixed goals, and how trusting life’s unfolding leads to a life of joy.\nThis episode is an invitation to soften, to follow what feels alive, and to let life reveal itself through experience and energy rather than theory.\nFor more of Rob's work:\nWebsite: https://robertpoynton.com/\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-poynton-169402/\nFor more from Mark McCartney:\nNewsletter: https://www.whatisagood.life/\nWebsite: https://www.mmcleadership.com/\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-mccartney-14b0161b4/\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@whatisagoodlife\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/markcmccartney\n00:00 How can we make life more joyful?\n04:20 Paying attention to that sinking feeling\n06:40 Making decisions others found unusual\n10:50 Following the breadcrumbs and energy\n18:11 Noticing when we contract and soften\n24:30 Noticing, allowing, and becoming\n32:00 Life wants to happen\n39:15 Collaboration more present than competition\n42:30 The allure of drama and conflict\n48:20 Holding two conflicting ideas at once\n51:15 The surprises that bring us alive\n57:50 Summary and is a good life for Rob?\nKeywords: Meaning of Life Interviews | meaning of life conversations | exploring life | big life questions | meaning of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bmT8FMFAsdpL8YpCcl1-OrgjJf3IhVZ_KJftDu8Wgy8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM3NDg2LzE2NzI4/MzUxMDgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}