Episode
#199 - Taylor Pearson - Discover Your Life’s Core Values & Operating Principles
1:07:25
Published: Mon Jul 20 2020
Description
Taylor Pearson is an investor and writer. Your life is highly controlled by your values and principles, even if you haven't written them down, or even know what they are. I fell in love with Taylor's blog post on this topic at the start of 2020 and just had to bring him on to discuss it. Expect to learn why defining your values & principles can change your life, the importance of aligning your intentions with your actions, how values & principles relate and differ, how to identify & create your own list and much more... Sponsor: Shop Eleiko’s full range at https://www.shop.eleiko.com (enter code MW15 for 15% off everything) Extra Stuff: Taylor's Core Value List - https://taylorpearson.me/core-values-list/ Taylor's General Operating Principles - https://taylorpearson.me/principles/ Follow Taylor on Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorpearsonme Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact
Chapters
Taylor Pearson shares exercises that can have a huge positive impact on one's life, and they are totally free.
00:00 - 03:30 (03:30)
Summary
Taylor Pearson shares exercises that can have a huge positive impact on one's life, and they are totally free. His approach towards purposeful manifestation can help shape one's life into a massively positive direction.
Episode#199 - Taylor Pearson - Discover Your Life’s Core Values & Operating Principles
PodcastModern Wisdom
The speaker shares the benefits of writing down your operating principles, which can help you avoid making the same mistakes and keep you on track with your goals.
03:30 - 09:59 (06:29)
Summary
The speaker shares the benefits of writing down your operating principles, which can help you avoid making the same mistakes and keep you on track with your goals.
Episode#199 - Taylor Pearson - Discover Your Life’s Core Values & Operating Principles
PodcastModern Wisdom
The speaker emphasizes the importance of self-development and one of his values, courage, in both his personal life and in business.
09:59 - 15:32 (05:33)
Summary
The speaker emphasizes the importance of self-development and one of his values, courage, in both his personal life and in business. He also discusses the implicit expectations within companies that employees must follow to succeed.
Episode#199 - Taylor Pearson - Discover Your Life’s Core Values & Operating Principles
PodcastModern Wisdom
The speaker reflects on times when he approached the threshold of taking a risk and either turned away or crossed it with courage, noting that having "skin in the game" leads to a better feeling about taking risks.
15:32 - 22:22 (06:49)
Summary
The speaker reflects on times when he approached the threshold of taking a risk and either turned away or crossed it with courage, noting that having "skin in the game" leads to a better feeling about taking risks.
Episode#199 - Taylor Pearson - Discover Your Life’s Core Values & Operating Principles
PodcastModern Wisdom
The five principles for a successful life include putting forth consistent effort, seeking out new opportunities for growth, valuing relationships, cultivating gratitude, and creating more value than you capture.
22:22 - 26:36 (04:14)
Summary
The five principles for a successful life include putting forth consistent effort, seeking out new opportunities for growth, valuing relationships, cultivating gratitude, and creating more value than you capture.
Episode#199 - Taylor Pearson - Discover Your Life’s Core Values & Operating Principles
PodcastModern Wisdom
The speaker contemplates the idea of achieving an integrated life amidst his tendency to get sucked into his work and daily decisions, such as whether to go to the beach or continue working.
26:36 - 34:19 (07:42)
Summary
The speaker contemplates the idea of achieving an integrated life amidst his tendency to get sucked into his work and daily decisions, such as whether to go to the beach or continue working.
Episode#199 - Taylor Pearson - Discover Your Life’s Core Values & Operating Principles
PodcastModern Wisdom
The fear of making a bad decision can lead to decision-making paralysis, but it's important to move forward and not get stuck in the decision-making process.
34:19 - 37:53 (03:34)
Summary
The fear of making a bad decision can lead to decision-making paralysis, but it's important to move forward and not get stuck in the decision-making process. Making a decision based solely on initial thoughts is not always the best approach, as it often leads to incorrect decisions.
Episode#199 - Taylor Pearson - Discover Your Life’s Core Values & Operating Principles
PodcastModern Wisdom
The fear of failure can lead people to resist change and instead stick to incremental improvements.
37:53 - 44:21 (06:27)
Summary
The fear of failure can lead people to resist change and instead stick to incremental improvements. However, it is important to consider taking risks to create radical improvements that can lead to greater success.
Episode#199 - Taylor Pearson - Discover Your Life’s Core Values & Operating Principles
PodcastModern Wisdom
In this podcast, the speaker discusses how to find optimal productivity times throughout the day for certain tasks and how to chunk tasks to maximize productivity.
44:21 - 52:13 (07:52)
Summary
In this podcast, the speaker discusses how to find optimal productivity times throughout the day for certain tasks and how to chunk tasks to maximize productivity.
Episode#199 - Taylor Pearson - Discover Your Life’s Core Values & Operating Principles
PodcastModern Wisdom
The key to marketing is reading books, with about 70% of information covered in five or 10 books, and focusing on being deliberate in order to avoid any bad reps.
52:14 - 57:59 (05:44)
Summary
The key to marketing is reading books, with about 70% of information covered in five or 10 books, and focusing on being deliberate in order to avoid any bad reps. The Pomodoro technique, which breaks down work into chunks, can also help with productivity.
Episode#199 - Taylor Pearson - Discover Your Life’s Core Values & Operating Principles
PodcastModern Wisdom
The idea of productivity can often seem overwhelming, but sometimes it just takes a little push like trying to impress someone to become more efficient.
57:59 - 1:07:11 (09:12)
Summary
The idea of productivity can often seem overwhelming, but sometimes it just takes a little push like trying to impress someone to become more efficient.