ManTalks – In pursuit of purpose
Date: May 25, 2015
Name: ManTalks – In pursuit of purpose
Presenters: Michael Muscari, Darren Jacklin, and Brock Tully
Leaders need to pursuit their purposes to be truly successful. Without the pursuit of purpose, leaders will not be able to fulfil the journey of success. ManTalks invites three different generation leaders to share their milestones. The purpose of this presentation is to help young leaders to gain clarity to their inner purpose and contribution. The insight from each leader will allow leaders in the audience to uncover what they need to fulfil their purpose of life.
Connor Beaton, the Founder of ManTalks, believes there are two generalization of purposes. The first one is intellectual thinking. In this stage, leaders will doubt their ability of thinking “Do I think I can?”. The second one is road block, which leaders will doubt their confidence of thinking “Do I deserve this?”.
Beaton shares the fundamental purpose requires to answer those two questions. Leaders need to find the space to answer those two questions.
“Intersection of being and doing is the purpose”
Journey of Michael Muscari
Michael Muscari is the owner of NanoNutra, a company that focus on creating healthy supplements. Muscari focuses on freedom, health and harmony. With the passion of helping people gain knowledge in their health, Muscari believes he can influence people to become more positive. Moreover, Muscari is also to co-Founder of NeuroGrade.
Muscari shares that in his life in the corporate world, he has no clue of what his life is about. Muscari has a great family and his parents had provided him everything he needed in life when he was a child. However, he never did appreciate it.
Muscari worked hard in his life to achieve what he wanted. However, he never satisfied the life of working in corporate. He shifted his career to become an entrepreneur, but end up failing miserably. Muscari received tips from his mentor to set meaningful goals. A couple years later, he got everything but happiness. The depression forced him to lose everything and Muscari started to question himself what went wrong.
The book from Napoleon Hill helped him spark his purpose in life. He realized without a purpose, there is no meaning in life even he achieved all his goals.
“Purpose must be larger than you”
Muscari starts seek information from personal development. He realizes leaders need ambition. Moreover, he understands his value comes from freedom, health, and financial freedom. His definition of financial freedom is to create value in his life and other people’s lives. He discovers he loves speaking, which motivates him to help solve other people’s problems.
Love is a big priority in Muscari’s life. He emphasizes there are two ways in life: the decision of fear and the decision of love. The purpose will help him to love the best he can from his conscious. Instead of fear, he choose to transfer to love.
Muscari believes there are two important steps that can fulfil his life. The first step is the experience of starting up his own supplement company that aligns with his purpose. The second step is to find harmony between the balance of work and marriage. Muscari made a hard decision of choosing to divorce his wife. He wants leaders to understand that life is like a compass. If leaders are being love, they are going north. If leaders are going south, it will change everything.
“I have a compass now, it is called purpose”
By defining his values, Muscari has found someone to fill his life. The purpose changes his life and he realizes purpose is a constant thing that requires trying, doing and retrying. Purpose makes him a better person and share the love with others around him. Moreover, purpose will motivate leaders to be the best they can be.
Journey of Darren Jacklin
Darren Jacklin is a motivational speaker that has the passion to mentor entrepreneurs and business owners. Jacklin travels to many different countries to help others strategize their business by turning passion into profits. His ability is recognized worldwide, and many media have capture his attention all over the world. Moreover, Jacklin involves many international boards of directors to continue his passion of helping people.
Talking used to be Darren Jacklin’s fear. In the age of 5, he encountered a family tragic issue that detached him away from society and had learning disability. In school, he was label as the one who will most likely not to be successful in life. Jacklin had many suicide attempts.
His father never encouraged him in his childhood, which creates the fear of not being good enough in life. Jacklin attempted many businesses, but they were all failures.
When Jacklin attended Dale’s seminar, he realized people are positive. He was not used to the environment, but it transformed his life. He started to build up his confidence and attend many toast master to improve his public speaking. He accepted many offers to speak in many institutions because he felt it was the opportunity to mentor someone. He volunteered to attend many places to do free seminar. Finally, he landed a contract from a fortune 500 company after at least 17 tries.
Jacklin has mentored many successful entrepreneurs. He believes success comes from many failures. In the life of entrepreneurship, people will call them crazy at first. Then they will call them lucky. Lastly, they will call them crocks.
“Either you come from a problem or heading towards a problem”
Jacklin suggests 7 important things entrepreneurs need to do to pursuit their purpose. The first thing is to create their lives as business. They need to focus and set a list of things they need to accomplish first.
The second thing is to have the attitude and gratitude every morning. The third thing is to write 20 goals every morning and every night to constantly remind themselves to work hard in their purpose. The fourth thing is to read books at least 10 pages a day.
“Instead of blame competition, just dominate the area”
The fifth thing is to ask questions. The sixth thing is to build network before entrepreneurs need them. The last thing is to understand the people who are living worst than them.
It is important to contribute to a great cause because it can set the misfortune free and make a difference. Jacklin emphasizes when entrepreneurs are stuck with something, they can go travel because travel can change their views. Many people are struggling in life, yet people should be grateful of living in a wonderful place in Canada.
Jacklin indicates if entrepreneurs attract new problems in their lives and cannot solve it, they need to go out of their comfort zone and find other groups to help solve the problems. Moreover, they will discover they are growing.
“Nothing is in your way, it is just on your way”
Jacklin wants entrepreneurs to know It is important not to make family as the excuse of their purpose; instead, they should make their purpose first and become the role model for their families.
“Become a go giver, not go taker”
Journey of Brock Tully
Brock Tully, the co-founder of Kindness Foundation, The World Kindness Concert, and Kindness Rocks, is the first person ever ride a bicycle around North America, Canada, and Mexico. Moreover, he publishes 9 books that helps people to reflect their purposes in life. In his spare time, he also coaches many sports teams and involves many different kind of careers.
Brock Tully believes it is hard to know the purpose, yet it is even harder to live with it. In 1970, Tully was one of the football athlete in UBC. However, he felt depress because no one really understand him. He started to ride bicycle to east coast, south Florida, Mississippi, and Mexico. He learned he is not the only one who are going through the same issue. After learning from many people, he decided to write books to express his feeling and reflect his experience to help others.
Tully reflects his life purpose, and he discovers goal to trophy is not the thing for him. Instead, he drives the goal to be happy. Tully describes many people put others down because they feel depress. They are showing they are looking for care. He summarizes his purpose to be the following statement.
“What is the best the heart of good of all?”
In Tully’s family, he was raised to never show love in action. His father is proud of him, but never ever say it out loud.Their way is to express by money, but Tully wants to change that.
During his bike ride, he received many moments of giving. He felt every moment touch his heart. Tully shares another moment at a grocery store. He met a 90 year old woman and said to her she looks beautiful. The woman could not believe he was talking to her. Tully walked her home and later realized her trip to grocery store is the only activity she planned for that day. Furthermore, he realized she dressed up for that day.
Tully believes many people do not share their kindness to each other anymore. He spends time at East downtown to understand the people. Tully wants entrepreneurs to know joy comes from the love of things they do. By following their heart, they can follow their dream. Happiness is not by how many challenge people have, it is how many challenges are handled.
People do not find purpose, they remember the purpose. Moreover, people need to reach out to people as of it is their last day.
Questions and Answers
The panelist shares their purpose statement. Tully believes it is important to just be at present. Jacklin believes it is important to conscious in planet. Muscari believes spread love. Beaton shares the quote that if entrepreneurs want to be billionaire, they need to solve problems for billion people.
To get back on the right path, Tully suggests entrepreneurs to look at signals. Jacklin suggests to discuss with advisory people and have private conversation with themselves by writing a journal. Muscari suggests to surround with good people. Instead of recommending books for entrepreneurs, Jacklin strong recommends entrepreneurs to focus from process to execution. Tully recommends entrepreneurs to give themselves enough credit and learn form failure.
“You are the author of your book”