The Rickshaw Journey - Finding Your Voice, Leading with Purpose

About this episode

Bob shares his unconventional journey and insights on finding purpose and voice in the second half of life.

In this episode of The Human Journey — Your Story with David Hackett, leadership coach and soon‑to‑be author Bob opens up about the unconventional, unpredictable, and deeply meaningful path that shaped his upcoming book, The Rickshaw Journey — a memoir‑meets‑coaching guide designed to help people rediscover purpose and reclaim their authentic voice, especially in the second half of life. Bob shares stories from a childhood marked by instability — multiple moves, multiple family structures, even working at the Playboy Club as a teen and spending summers around the Hells Angels. These experiences became the soil for his life’s work: helping others understand the voices that shaped them and the voice they’re meant to live from now. We explore: The ECFBI Voice Framework — E arly voices, C onfused voices, F inding your voice, B eing your voice, I nfluencing your voice Why his book blends memoir with coaching, ending each chapter with a reflection and a gentle action step The Rickshaw metaphor — slow, immersive, communal, and sometimes uncomfortable, just like real life Why did he choose not to publish under a Christian label, prioritizing authenticity over categorization How legacy is…

People in this episode

Host: David Hackett

Guest: Bob

Topics covered

• leadership
• purpose
• memoir
• coaching
• authenticity
• personal growth

Keywords

• leadership coach
• memoir
• purpose
• authentic voice
• ECFBI Voice Framework
• personal growth
• legacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Playboy Club

Books & works: The Rickshaw Journey

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