The Aliveness Mindset with Jack Craven

"If I’m focused on how I want to feel, then I want to bring that feeling of aliveness into wherever I’m going to be,” explains Jack Craven, author of “Aliveness Mindset: Lead and Live with More Passion, Purpose, and Joy.” Jack, whose career has ranged from trial lawyer to CEO and now executive coach, shares his journey of discovering fulfillment beyond conventional success.

In this episode, Jack explains the aliveness mindset, a framework he developed to help leaders infuse their lives with passion, purpose, and joy. He emphasizes the importance of authenticity and how embracing one’s true self can catalyze positive change.

Listeners gain practical insights on integrating the aliveness mindset into their organizations and daily lives. Jack advocates for small but impactful practices, such as fostering authenticity and using technology to stay connected to desired feelings. His actionable advice and personal anecdotes make this episode a must-listen for those seeking to bring more aliveness, passion, purpose, and joy into their leadership style and organizational culture.

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Quotes

“What really became an awakening for me is that when I was leading the family business, I was orienting my days based on my calendar and what meetings were on there. And then the meetings themselves weren’t as meaningful. And so I realized that the way I was orienting my life, which is I was trying to derive happiness from my schedule, wasn’t really fulfilling me passionately and fulfilling my purpose.” (06:19 | Jack Craven)

“What I decided to do was to orient my day with how I want to feel today, and that becomes the priority. If I’m focused on how I want to feel, then I want to bring that feeling of aliveness into wherever I’m going to be.” (06:48 | Jack Craven)

“People can sense sincerity. People can sense authenticity. If you’re able to be authentic, the other traits like ownership, openness, awareness, courage, tenacity, and love will flow naturally.” (08:03 | Jack Craven)

“What makes me qualified to speak about [authenticity] is that for 50 years, I was not authentic. And I knew that there was an internal conflict going on. I think what was leading me was a desire to live up to the expectations of others, of not wanting to disappoint anyone. And when you’re doing that, it has great intention, but somewhere along the way you lose what you really want. And over time when we don’t tune into our own wants and satisfy those wants, we lose our passion. We lose our energy. We lose our meaning.” (08:54 | Jack Craven)