Your Life in One Word? This Could Change Everything | Erin Weed

About this episode

Erin Weed guides Jonathan Fields through a process to discover the one word that defines his life and purpose.

Somewhere in the last few years, a lot of us started asking a version of the same question: who am I now, and what am I actually here to do? The answers don't come from a quiz or a vision board. But they just might come from the one word that has been running your life all along, whether you knew it or not. Erin Weed is a speaker coach, keynote speaker, and the creator of the Dig, a purpose-excavation method she has used with over a thousand leaders, founders, and changemakers across every stage of life and reinvention. Her new book, Just One Word: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Discover Your Purpose and Unleash Your Power , is the culmination of that work. She also spent over a decade as head speaker coach for TEDxBoulder, helping people find the one true thing they need to say and the courage to say it. In this conversation, you get to watch the Dig happen in real time, because Jonathan sits down in the chair and lets Erin guide him through the full process. What you will explore: What the Dig is and why close to 100% of people who think they know their word are actually wrong How your life story, all of it, from childhood to present day, contains a 10-word operating system…

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Fields

Guest: Erin Weed

Topics covered

• purpose discovery
• self-exploration
• personal development
• coaching
• leadership

Keywords

• purpose
• self-discovery
• coaching
• leadership
• personal growth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TEDxBoulder

Books & works: Just One Word: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Discover Your Purpose and Unleash Your Power

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