What is a Good Life?

Robert J. Anderson joins the show for a wide-ranging conversation about purpose, intuition, shadow work, and the question that has guided his life. He talks beautifully about doubt and fear alongside grace and synchronicity, and what it takes to keep saying yes when you can't see where it's going.

Robert J. Anderson has been a pace setter in the field of Leadership Development for over 30 years. He is the Founder and Chief Knowledge Officer of Leadership Circle, and the co-author of Scaling Leadership and Mastering Leadership. Bob created the Leadership Circle Profile, a 360° assessment used by organisations worldwide to measure the effectiveness of their leaders (individually and collectively), chart a pathway for their development, and assess their progress as they develop. In 2005, the Stayer Center for Executive Education at the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business awarded Bob the Partner in Innovation Award. The MEECO Leadership Institute awarded him the International Thought Leader of Distinction in 2018.

If you sense you are still not fully committing to the path you are already on, this will offer plenty of inspiration.

For more of Robert J. Anderson's work:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-j-anderson/
Company Website: https://leadershipcircle.com/

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00:00  The Guiding Question
03:30  Becoming Who I Am
07:00  Writing the Musts
11:30  Learning to Trust Intuition
16:00  Around the World Experiment
22:00  The Brennan School Years
28:00  Leadership Circle is Born
34:00  What Is Wanted Now
40:00  Unity as Foundation
47:00  The Soldier and the White Light
54:00  The Divine Elephant
1:03:00  Joy at the Bottom
1:10:00  What is a good life for Robert?

Podcast Keywords: Meaning of Life Interviews | meaning of life conversations | exploring life | big life questions | meaning of life discussions | creating a meaningful life​

What is What is a Good Life??

A project exploring the big questions around how we live, who we are and what actually matters. Over the past four years, I’ve sat with more than 300 people — artists, parents, executives, wanderers, therapists, and strangers and invited them into a simple but profound inquiry, "What is a good life for you?"
The conversations explore presence, paradox, uncertainty, and the moments that shape a life - love and loss, trust and fear, clarity and not knowing. It’s an invitations to slow down, to listen deeply, and to bring you into conversation with your own life. There are new episodes every Tuesday.