Adventure Can Hook People But Purpose Keeps Them Listening

About this episode

John Graham shares his journey from adventure to finding purpose through storytelling and service.

Send us Fan Mail He’s been shot at, caught in revolutions, climbed mountains most people would not touch, and survived a ship fire in the Gulf of Alaska. But John Graham’s most important journey is the one that comes after the adrenaline, when he turns risk into a search for meaning and a life of service. We sit down with John, a former U.S. Foreign Service officer and a longtime leader of the Giraffe Heroes Project, to unpack how powerful storytelling works in modern communication str...

People in this episode

Host: Carl Richards

Guest: John Graham

Topics covered

• storytelling
• communication
• adventure
• purpose
• service
• risk

Keywords

• storytelling
• communication
• adventure
• purpose
• service
• risk
• Giraffe Heroes Project

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Giraffe Heroes Project

Places: Gulf of Alaska

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