The Meaning Movement: Rediscover your Passion, Avoid Burnout, and Do Work You Love.

Show note: https://themeaningmovement.com/next-version If you've ever felt like life has thrown you a curveball, this one's for you. I sat down with my good friend Raj to talk about the challenge and magic of transitions, embracing change, and betting on yourself. I love this conversation. It's deep. And I laughed a lot. It's like peanut butter and chocolate: the best combo. Here are a few things...

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In this build-in-public style episode, Dan and Raj explore the upcoming changes to the show, Dan's struggles to embrace his limits, and what might be next for the Meaning Movement.

My friend Patrick has had a nonlinear career path. I wanted to have him on the how and hear a little bit more about the pivot he took in his career to get to where he is today. Today he's a copywriter and a writer. In this conversation, we get to dig into all the twists and turns that his career has taken him, as well as geek out a little bit on creative work. We talk about the discipline of getti...

It's always about money OR is it that it's never about money? My guest today is Joe Stephan. He is a financial advisor with a podcast by the name, it's Never about Money, which I love. As a financial advisor I love that he leads with this question. He acknowledges that the work that he does is not just about money, but about helping his client understand what is meaningful and how to go about livi...

John Cuomo is a former firefighter and now author of the book Leadership Refined by Fire. It's a great book that illustrates leadership principles through the lens of a long tenure as a firefighter. I had a great time digging into some of these ideas, looking at how they apply to the lives of entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, self-funded entrepreneurs, and driven entrepreneurs — people like you and me....

Daniel Hatke is an entrepreneur, deep thinker, and friend. I loved this conversation with him because I got to ask him all the questions that I don't usually have an excuse to ask him. He has a very unique perspective on entrepreneurship because he's seen it from multiple sides. He's lived multiple lives, I guess you could say, even though he's still relatively young. He has played the finance CTO...

There are two areas of life where we experience fulfillment and meaning. One is in our work and careers. If you listen to the Meaning Movement, if you listen to the show, I know you have wrestled with some of those ideas. But then there's the rest of life outside of your work and your career.   Most of us realize that it's a both/and situation: there's meaning and purpose to be found in our day-to...

I am so thrilled to bring you this conversation today with Ryan Barton. Ryan as an acquaintance for some time. He went through the Calling Course with me a little while ago and has just continued to impress me with the way that he thinks so deeply about his work and the business that he's leading. He thinks deeply about work. We just could just plum the depths of work philosophy together. And this...

Today we have special guest Tom Epperson. He is the leader of the Inner Will Leadership Institute. I had just such a fun conversation with Tom all about his just amazing work story from working in a family business at a kind of absurdly young age to what he is doing now, which is a very cool nonprofit that's been launched out of another business, which is a really amazing model. And the work that...

You've probably been doing goals all wrong. Or at least not as well as you could.  In this workshop style session, Dan Cumberland walks you step by step through a goal setting framework. Dan shows you how to: Have the right goal mindset Choose the right goal for you Choose the right level of goal Choose the right type of goal Create an action plan for your goals Building a Goal System As well as a...

In this hands on workshop style episode, host Dan Cumberland takes you step-by-step through his 7-part framework to help you get the most of the end of year energy. Listen in, follow along, and download his templates at: https://themeaningmovement.com/review22 Show notes: https://themeaningmovement.com/how-to-do-annual-review https://youtu.be/K9waLbHqRP8

Steve Magness is a running coach turned peak performance expert and coach. In this conversation, we get to go to just so many great places. He has just so much insight into what it means to perform at the top of your game. And we get to geek out on all the things that I love to geek out on performance mindset, into the inner game of athletics and athleticism. I get to ask some geeky running questi...

Dan is joined by cohost Raj Lulla to explore the many ways our past experiences shape the present and future through the lens of the classic Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Raj Lulla is a partner and brand strategist at Fruitful. Design and host of the Growing a Fruitful Brand podcast. Dan Cumberland is your host and founder of the Meaning Movement. He helps entrepreneurs love their lives and...

Kevin Basik is passionate about leadership and character development. In this conversation we got to do a deep dive into topics like values how an organization builds culture.  And so much more. I even shared my family's personal mantras as an example of how we do this in the family setting. Kevin knows his stuff! He's the Director of the National Medal of Honor Institute, committed to inspiring A...

Sondre Rash is one of the co founders of Safety Wing. As you'll hear right at the beginning of this conversation, he just gets right into it. The vision for Safety Wing is so big to create a country on the internet. In this interview we get to geek out about all kinds of things about the topics like the impact of technology on our everyday lives and on governments and travel and the future of work...

We hear all the time how important it is to have a clear "why" in your life and business. 🧐 But have you ever thought about WHY you need a why? Yes, I know the answer: ✔️ So you'll be able to recall it when things are hard ✔️ So you can make sure all the decisions you're making are taking you to in the right direction. ✔️ Etc. Those are all fine. And I drank that kool-aid for a long time on all o...

As we wrap up this season of content, Dan reflects on where we've been and what we've done over the past few months with the Meaning Movement. Listen in to this Build in Public style episode and hear some hints of what is to come next for the show (hint: it's big!!!). Show Notes: htpps://themeaningmovement.com/s10finale

My guest today is Alex Sanfilippo. He owns a company dedicated to helping podcasters. I love and use many of the products that he is creating. I met Alex some time ago when I was a guest on his podcast, and since then, I've continued to watch him create more and more resources to serve this target demographic. And it has been so much fun. It was great to have him on the show. What I loved about th...

My guest today, Amar Patel, is a bit younger of a demographic than many of my guests, but that's on purpose. Amar's early in his career, and as he'll tell you in this interview, he's in his twenties and still just trying to figure out exactly where he's going, what exactly he's doing. He has made the decision at this moment to pursue technology. He does product management. He's building great thin...

Arika Pierce is a Law Educated Corporate VP turned Author, Leadership Coach, Entrepreneur, and Keynote speaker. She uses her knowledge, experience and skills to help organizations and individuals make and become better leaders. Arika's journey is inspiring—  coming from a  corporate top level management career and leaping into Entrepreneurship.  In this episode, we'll hear her story and how Arika...

Omar Zenhom is a teacher at heart. I never really understood that until we had this interview. Omar has a daily business podcast. It's one of the top business podcasts. It's called the $100 MBA. It 's great. I've listened to it several times. I was always just so amazed at just the lift of having a daily podcast and doing it for years and years. He's been podcasting longer than I have. I've been p...

This is the fifth installment of a mini-series we are calling Finding the Meaning Movement. This mini series will show in your feed with the letters FTMM in brackets. In this series, Dan welcomes Raj Lulla of Fruitful Design & Strategy as a cohost for some "Build in Public" style conversations about The Meaning Movement, the current state of Dan's work with the Meaning Movement, and personal/ busi...